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Article: BLACK MOSES
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 22, 1995
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There's a song on Isaac Hayes' 1971 album Black Moses called
"Ike's Rap 2". It's the first segment of a medley and it only lasts
a couple of minutes; there's a gently descending bass and organ
figure, some exquisite spiralling strings and a plaintive piano, as
a contrite Isaac begs his woman to forgive him for doing her wrong:
"You see, love, I can't sleep, can't even eat."
This brief musical fragment provides the basis, in sampled form,
for a whole song on both Portishead's Dummy and Tricky's
Maxinquaye, the two most innovative British albums of recent times.
Indeed, Hayes is one of the most sampled of all popular artists
after James Brown - revered by just about the whole hip-hop nation ...