Monday, October 11, 2010
Can I Get A Sample?.....
Many of you may not know that the infamous "A House Is Not A Home" a remake it self. "A House Is Not a Home" is a 1964 song recorded by singer Dionne Warwick. Written by the team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, the song was a modest hit in the U.S. for Warwick, peaking at #71 on the pop singles chart. The song has been covered by many artists including: Diana Ross & the Surpremes & Barbra Streisand.The Song became an instant hit when later covered by R&B singer Luther Vandross, whose version became an R&B hit in 1981. His performance of the song at the NAACP Awards telecast would bring Warwick to tears.
Fastforward about 24 years Kanye West took a liking to this one of a kind song, put his spin on it and out comes Twista Ft Jamie Foxx and Kanye West's Grammy nominated song "Slow Jamz". Released in 2003, the single, which features Kanye West and Jamie Foxx peaked at number one in the USA for a week on February 10, 2004 becoming Twista's, West's and Foxx's first number one single. (The song can be heard on both Twista's "Kamikaze" album, and Kanye West's "College Dropout")
The song's hook which is of course sped up takes this sample to higher grounds Check it out...
(Check out the sample at 8:16)
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Great write up Ms.A!
ReplyDeleteI love both of those songs
ReplyDeleteI love Mr.Vandross I miss him
ReplyDeleteKanye killed this sample
ReplyDeleteGreat write up Ms.A
ReplyDeleteI love what Kaye did to it
ReplyDelete2 great write ups in one day how lucky are we SAU thank you Ms.A
ReplyDeleteKanye use to kill samples like this I kind of miss that Kanye
ReplyDeleteI love both songs
ReplyDeleteI love the sample Kanye is the man when it comes to that
ReplyDeleteThat Twista CD was very very good
ReplyDeleteGreat write up MsA
ReplyDeleteGreat write up Ms.A
ReplyDeleteI use to love Luther he was an amazing artist
ReplyDeleteKanye did his thing on this song its one of my favs
ReplyDeleteGreat write up Ms.A
ReplyDeleteAmazing overall day Ms.A this is one to remember
ReplyDeleteI love SAU
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