J5 + MosDef = Oh, s#@!
I was listening to records tonight. I haven't sat down and just listened to records in a very long time. I wasn't able to sit back and relax like I would have liked because I was flipping through songs looking for a song to sample. I've been dabbling in producing lately. I must have gone through dozens of albums, nothing really leaping out at me at all. I was starting to lose hope of finding anything when I happened across a Jackson 5 album. At first I thought that was too obvious, nearly everyone sampled the Jackson 5, but I wanted a slow and sad love song and most of the songs looked like love songs judging by their titles. The first three songs I hear are uptempo dance. I look at the date on the cover. 1974. Disco isn't dead yet. I was about to put it back in the sleeve and move on but I dropped the needle on a random spot and pressed play. The beginning of my favorite Mos Def song burst through my headphones. My heart felt like it stopped. I had to stop the record player because my heart felt like it was about to burst. The shock of hearing that sample then the song it came from made me cry. It was so beautiful. Michael had a beautiful voice. So young he was and to sing so mournfully sometimes was astounding and heartbreaking.
The song, If I don't Love You This Way by The Jackson 5 is beautiful and the way it coincides with Mos Def's U R the One made me love his song even more. He picked the perfect song to sample. Michael's voice. I burst into tears the second he hit that last note at the end. I felt the pain, the agony of lost love as poignantly as though it had actually happened to me. And the thrill of finding a sample to one of my favorite songs.It was almost too much. Like a needle pierced my heart and filled me with emotions I have no name for. I love it when that happens. It's so rare and amazing. Music is my religion. It hasn't made me speak in tongues yet. Thats good.
posted by Jas @ 11:06 PM
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