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Personnel: Guru (rap vocals); Big Shug, Black Jack, Mickey "Mus Mus," The Cutthroats (vocals); Zachary Breaux (guitar); Gary Barnacle (saxophone, flute); Simon Law (keyboards); DJ Jazzy Nice, DJ Jimmy Jay (scratches); Lil' Dap (drums). Engineers include: Joe Quinde, Craig Marcus, Kieran Walsh. Recorded at D&D Studios, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Bill Adler. Though it can reasonably be argued that rap grew almost directly out of funk and its particular beat, there are a lot of overlaps with jazz, particularly the bop and post-bop eras: the uninhibited expression, the depiction of urban life, just to name two. Jazz samples have also had a large role in hip-hop, but the idea of rapping over actual live jazz wasn't truly fully realized until Gang Starr MC Guru created and released the first in his Jazzmatazz series in 1993, with guest musicians who included saxophonist Branford Marsalis (who had previously collaborated with DJ Premier and Guru for the track "Jazz Thing" on the Mo' Better Blues soundtrack), trumpeter Donald Byrd, vibraphonist Roy Ayers, guitarist Ronny Jordan, and keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith, as well as vocalist N'Dea Davenport (also of the acid jazz group the Brand New Heavies) and French rapper MC Solaar. While Guru's rhymes can occasionally be a little weak ("Think they won't harm you? Well they might/And that ain't right, but every day is like a fight" are the lines he chooses to describe kids on the subway in Brooklyn in "Transit Ride"), he delves into a variety of subject matter, from the problems of inner-city life to ... Jazzmatazz Music | List Price | $11.98 (You save $2.79) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, R&B, Pop, Rap, Soul/R&B, Urban Soundtrack, Acid Jazz | | Label | Virgin | | Orig Year | 1993 | | All Time Sales Rank | 12639  | | CD Universe Part number | 1135950 | | Catalog number | 21998 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 18, 1993 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Guru | | Recording Time | 44 minutes | | Personnel | Guru - rap vocals Gary Barnacle - saxophone, flute Big Shug Lil Dap - drums Simon Law - keyboards Zachary Breaux - guitar " The Cutthroats - vocals Black Jack D.J. Jazzy Nice D.J. Jimmy Jay - scratches Mickey "Mus Mus
Also: Branford Marsalis, Donald Byrd, Roy Ayers, N'Dea Davenport, Courtney Pine, Lonnie Liston Smith, Ronny Jordan, MC Solaar |
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