"Ahmad Jamal 'The Awakening Mix'" uploaded by Chris Read (MusicOfSubstance)

New show by Chris Read (MusicOfSubstance)

Ahmad Jamal 'The Awakening Mix' By Chris Read (MusicOfSubstance) Jazz, Hip-Hip, Rap, Samples

This guest mix for www.mixcloud.com/WhSampled and Wax Poetics was first published 2 months ago in celebration of the re-issue of Ahmad Jamal's classic 'The Awakening' album by Be With Records. Here's what WhoSampled had to say about it at the time: "Recently reissued on 180gram vinyl by Be With Records, Ahmad Jamal's 1970 piano trio opus 'The Awakening' is a sought after digger's classic and among the most heavily sampled jazz records of all time. Familiar samples from the LP form the backbone of countless 90s Hip Hop anthems, most famous among them Nas's Pete Rock produced 1994 single 'The World Is Yours'. Others to have borrowed passages from the LP include the likes of Common, O.C, Jeru the Damaja, DJ Krush and many more. This mixtape produced in collaboration with Wax Poetics and Be With Records, mixed by Chris Read explores the connection between the album and the many Hip Hop classics it inspired. " Track list here: http://bit.ly/2uMebjE Listen now Listen Later

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