Sample & Example: Large Professor - Erick Sermon - Pete Rock

I just finished up a Pete Rock review for an exciting new print publication (I'll fill you guys in later), and one of the things I mentioned was the fact that Pete flipped the same sample as Large Pro back in the day. So of course, I thought it'd be a perfect Sample & Example post. For the heck of it, I've also included Erick Sermon's take on this sample as well for a track he crafted on Red & Mef's Blackout! album. The sample in question is David Matthews' (not that Dave Matthews) track 'Sandworms' from Dune, released in 1977 (more info @ Blaxploitation.com). Large Pro flipped it in '96, Sermon gave it a spin in '99, and, most recently, Pete Rock gave it the Soul Brother treatment last year (released this year). I don't like to pick and choose who toyed with the sample the best, but if you'd like to discuss that, feel free to voice it out in the comment section. Large Pro, Sermon and Pete. That's a tough call...

Oh! And one small/new feature for our Sample & Example posts: zShare is pretty reliable for new tracks, but after a while their links die out outta nowhere. Rapidshare, on the other hand, is absolutely reliable as long as its files are downloaded at least once per 90 days. With that said, I'm going to be upping individual tracks on zShare and the full sets (think of them as EPs) on Rapidshare. This way, our Sample & Example posts can be indexed better (somewhat). Capice? Aight, now without further adieu here's Sample & Example #36 (not including full-sized sample compilations):

Sample:
'Sandworms' by David Matthews

Example #1:
'Mad Scientist' by Large Professor

Example #2:
'Maaad Crew (Produced by Erick Sermon)' by Method Man & Redman

Example #3:
'The PJ's (featuring Raekwon & Masta Killa)' by Pete Rock




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