Re: [Harp-L] rap and harmonica

["46long Blake" <46long@xxxxxxxxx>]

Damn, that's some old school P.E.  I used to listen to that ( You gonna get
yours!) and "Nation of Millions" to get psyched up for Rugby games in
college.  Thanks for the flashback.

Um, harp content....um...when I was a sophomore (and still listening to PE)
I bought a big Peavy Classic 50 because it was gonna make me sound like Paul
Butterfield. I was wrong for SO many reasons.......

 - Blake


On 8/12/07, Marc Molino <mmolino54@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> J,
> This is a combination I've been curious about, too. I thought I read
> somewhere that rapper Nas's father, the trumpeter Olu Dara did some
> harmonica work (maybe on a Ludicrous track somewhere), but I've been
> unable
> to find a sample. I did come across a YouTube piece w/ Taylor Hicks on
> harmonica joining Snoop Dog on "Gin & Juice", but the sound quality was so
>
> poor I didn't even really hear the harmonica. I could see harmonica adding
> something to more melodious songs like Blackalicious's "Side to Side", but
> other than that, I've only heard it used in a kind of beatbox fashion.
>
> Is this the first Chuck D quote on Harp-L?
>
> -Marc "R-E-S-P-E-C-T my sister's not my enemy" Molino
>
>
> From: J Compton <jofjltn4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Re: Harp in bluegrass (Ralph Stanley)
> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:46:56 -0500
>
> > > knew this, as did Bach himself, who borrowed from his own works. We >
> >
> can put harmonica into any genre and any era, and have it sound > >
> idiomatic to the music, done with judgment and good taste.> >> > Tom
> Then I will continue my quest to find ways to incorporate the harmonica
> with
> today's rap music.  Perhaps my previous attempts had missed the part about
> "with judgment and good taste".  Most of my efforts sounded far more
> idiotic
> than idiomatic.
>
> Anyone else have any success with this or even try it?  (...he asks, and
> braces himself for the anticipated responses.)
>
> Jonathan "suckers to the side I know you hate my 98"
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