Resurrection Decomposed
I’ve been listening to Resurrection by Common Sense, its remixes, and songs supposedly sampled in it all morning, and I’m still barely confident enough to publish a post on it. This song has given me a lot of trouble! Wikipedia listed a lot of samples used in Resurrection but right now I’m operating under the assumption that some of those samples were used in remixes and not the original, because I just don’t hear them there. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong. There are some pretty obvious samples.
Dolphin Dance by Ahmad Jamal (2:44)
Ahmad Jamal is a seriously talented jazz pianist active since the fifties. Piano is easily my favorite instrument for jazz so I highly recommend checking out more stuff by him. The bass loop and the piano both come from this sample.
No Delayin’ by Nice & Smooth (2:25)
I don’t know too much about Nice & Smooth as of this morning but this sample is the “Resurrection” soundbite that gets scratched in the chorus.
The Sorcerer of Isis - The Power of Zeus (0:14)
This is my best guess for the backing drums because the kick hits match up. I’m not 100% sure though.
I’m pretty sure the next two songs appear in the Extra P. and Large Professor remixes and not in the original instrumental by No I.D.
Ice by Spirit (0:39)
This is the main loop in the Extra P. remix.
The Signs Part II by David Axelrod (0:24)
This is the main loop for the Large Professor remix and it reinforces my belief that producers must be some of the most patient people on earth. I can’t imagine digging through songs like this for one awesome five second clip.
The last two songs are my main source of confusion and they are both by the Whatnauts.
Why Can’t People be Colors Too? by The Whatnauts (2:50)
This is one of that songs that tons of artists sampled for the drum break. It does sound like the drums in Ressurection but that is already taken care of by the Sorcerer of Isis… Maybe both were used or maybe I picked the wrong song. I don’t know.
Help is on the Way by The Whatnauts (4:05)
This breakdown has a bass line that is unbelievably funky and was supposedly used somewhere in Resurrection. I would be really surprised if I could miss this one which is why I think it was probably used in another remix. Either that or I am going deaf.
