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Revision as of 11:19, 21 December 2010 by Kary247 (talk | contribs) (rare groove digital library)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Rare groove is an umbrella term used to describe very rare vintage records and digital formats. The most common type of rare groove records are 1970s funk recordings. Rare groove MP3 music libraries usually consist of hard to source and rare jazz fusion, latin jazz, soul, R&B, northern soul, and disco. Vinyl records that fall into this category generally have high re-sale prices. Rare groove records have been sought after by not only collectors and lovers of the types of music, but also by hip hop artists and producers. Sampling is one of the biggest aspects of hip hop and rap, and these types of records provide breaks for artists to use in their songs. Examples of rare groove samples, such as Eazy E's "Eazy Duz It" (which samples the The Detroit Emeralds, Bootsy Collins, Funkadelic, Isley Brothers, Sly & the Family Stone, The Temptations and even Richard Pryor), can be found in modern hip hop and drum and bass.
Credit for coining the term "rare groove" is claimed by British DJ Norman Jay after his "The Original Rare Groove Show" on pirate radio station Kiss 94 FM (the progenitor of Kiss 100 London), although the term had been in common usage many years before this. The show was a collaboration with DJ Judge Jules and featured a mainly urban soundtrack from the 70's and 80's mixed with early house music.
1980s and post-disco
After the collapse of funk influenced disco, many musicians who had made a name for themselves under disco's mainstream success had the spotlight taken away from them. Many of these artists have had their songs remixed and remastered by house music artists. Much of the obscure music "rediscovered" as samples in newer house or hip hop tracks is labeled "rare groove" retroactively.
An example of this appears in the popular 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Set in 1992, the game includes a radio station, Master Sounds 98.3, which is described as playing "funk, soul, rare groove" and features a number of tracks which have been sampled in 90s-era hip-hop and house releases, such as "Funky President" by James Brown, which has been used in over 100 hip-hop tracks, and the original Gloria Jones recording of "Tainted Love", which has been sampled or covered by no less than 18 other artists, in a variety of genres.
References
- www.raregroove2mp3.com
- Schloss, Joseph G. (2004). Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip Hop. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0-8195-6696-9
- ^ "Profile". Official website of Norman Jay MBE and the Good Times Sound System. N.d. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Murphy, Graeme (N.d.). "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Game Script". UGO Super Cheats. N.p., United Kingdom: Web Media Network Limited. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - "Search results for "Funky President"". Rap Sample FAQ. The-Breaks.com. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
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