Steemit Record Pool | Song of the Day: Herb Alpert - Rise (1979)

While I'm digging for samples to chop, it's always a delightful surprise when you recognize a song that has been sampled. What heightens this experience is when the sampled song sounds better than the song that it was sampled for.

"Rise" from Herb Alpert is one of those cases. Alpert is an American jazz musician that had elements of disco, funk, pop, and R&B in his discography. Besides being a composer, record producer, singer, songwriter, and record executive, he was primarily known as a trumpeter. In October 1979, Albert's instrumental hit, "Rise", won a Grammy Award.

The record starts with a hypnotizing bassline that's eventually supported by percussions and other instruments. At the 0:33 mark is when Alpert makes his "voice" heard.

Herb Alpert - Rise (1979)

Those familiar with the late great Notorious B.I.G., also known as Biggie Smalls, will immediately recognize the bassline riff that was sampled for Biggie's 1997 single "Hypnotize", which won Best Rap Solo Performance at the 1998 Grammy Awards.

I should note that my opinion about Alpert's original being better than Biggie's is obviously subjective. That doesn't take away from the fact that "Hypnotize" is an outstanding record.

Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize (1997)

Nas' "Power, Paper, & Pussy" sampled "Rise" as well, which also sampled the drum break from Billy Squier's The Big Beat.

Nas - Power, Paper, & Pussy (2010)

Last but not least, another song that sampled Alpert's "Rise" is Monica's "I'm Back", track one from her 2002 third studio album "All Eyez on Me".

Monica - I'm Back (2002)

Thank you for listening,
@scuzzy

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Interesting to hear how the different artists/producers sampled the track, still, none are better than the original Herb Alpert track though in my opinion

Absolutely agreed! Thanks for having a listen!

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@scuzzy Wooo Hooo! thank you for the continuous sharing of knowledge and musical gems, truly appreciated mah man! Kudos

Man thank you for doing the same. The record pool is starting to collect some quality music in there!

w0rd up Scuzzy ! im loving it too that's thanks to all the #recordpool curators like you and the other with a great eclectic choice in rare gems. Kudos to yall!

man...i wonder how it feels to be such an influence on a WHOLE OTHER GENRE of music. herb alpert had all of his stuff sampled, but this definitely the most recognizable of the bunch. crazy...

I agree! I wonder how James Brown would have felt about it. Or how about the 6-second drum break from The Winstons' "Amen, Brother"!

Either they embrace it or challenge it. Those who challenge it usually sue the artists, with reasonable grounds.

Thanks for listening @hanen!

Those who know Biggie Smalls will immediately notice the first bar of that bassline. Classic, indded.