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Source Material: Miki Matsubara – “Stay With Me”
Miki Matsubara was a Japanese singer and composer from Sakai, Osaka, Japan. Growing up, music was a big part of her life. Her mother was a jazz singer, and at three years old, Matsubara learned how to play the piano. In 1975, while she was…
Source Material: Toni Tornado – “Me Libertei”
Toni Tornado is a Brazilian singer and actor from Mirante do Paranapanema, Brazil. Before his music career began, and his acting career took off, Tornado lived a full life. When he was 11, Tornado ran away from home and he went to Rio De…
Source Material: Jeanette – “Porque Te Vas”
Jeanette is a Spanish singer who was originally from London, England. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois and La Habra, California, but she moved to Barcelona, Spain as a teenager. While in Barcelona, Jeanette learned how to play the guitar,…
Sample Flips: Michie Mee and L.A. Luv – “On This Mic” (Prod. By Beat Factory)
Michie Mee is considered a pioneer in Canadian hip hop. She is an artist of many cultures; she was originally born in Jamaica, raised in Toronto, Canada, and she spent a lot of her teenage years in New York. At fourteen, she started…
Source Material: Freddie McGregor – “Big Ship”
Freddie McGregor is a Jamaican singer and producer from Clarendon, Jamaica. At seven years old, McGregor performed as a backup singer with the ska duo The Clarendonians. The Clarendonians included Fitzroy "Ernest" Wilson and Peter Wilson.…
Source Material: The Heshoo Beshoo Group – “Emakhaya”
The Heshoo Beshoo group was a South African jazz band that formed in 1969. The group featured Henry Sithole (alto saxophone), his brother Stanley Sithole (tenor saxophone), Cyril Magubane (guitarist), Ernest Mothole (bassist), and Nelson…
Source Material: Silvano D’Auria – “Titoli”
Silvano D'Auria is an Italian pianist, arranger, and producer from Ascoli Piceno, Italy. Early in his career, D'Auria was primarily a jazz musician, and he performed in Italy with his quintet Silvano D'Auria Quintent. In the '70s, he…
Source Material: Sugar Minott – “Hard Time Pressure”
Sugar Minott was a Jamaican reggae singer from Kingston, Jamaica. Minott started out as a selector (DJ) for two local sound systems (a crew of musicians who battled in sound clashes). First, he was the selector for the Sound of Silence…
Source Material: Mariya Takeuchi – “Plastic Love”
Mariya Takeuchi is a Japanese city pop singer from Taisha, Shimane, Japan. In 1978, she signed with RCA Records, and she released her debut album, Beginning. Her debut was decent; it peaked at #17 on the Japanese charts. She release four…
Source Material: Amara Touré – “Salamouti”
Amara Touré was an African musician from Conakry, Guinea who recorded in the '50s, '60s, and '70s. In 1958, Touré started his career as a member of the Senegalese band Le Star Band de Dakar. Over the next few years, the band became an…