I remember a number of video/radio promotional appearances by Black Moon from '92 to '93, from the release of Who Got The Props as a single and video, and the time I waited for a full length album to drop, it felt to me as if Enta Da Stage would NEVER come out! At least these appearances and performances and a few b-side songs were enough until then. Here is Black Moon performing an unreleased cut from their classic debut, with Smif N Wessun in the background. This is one of my favorite loop choices of Da Beatminerz, taking a nice dark, mysterious part from Quincy Jones' Summer In The City to create the backdrop for their visions of New York streetlife.
Along with Mobb Deep, these guys were a spark of new light to me on the NY underground scene at the time, bringing new creative vision and emotional depth to New York street lyricism through an original image, and the ability to bring about darker moods through their song writing and production.
Behind The Sample: Quincy Jones - Summer In The City
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H.N.I.C. 3 - July 3, 2012
Pharcyde - 'Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (EXPANDED EDITION) (ALBUM + INSTRUMENTALS + REMIXES & B-SIDES)' (Audio CD [3CD])
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