This is my thirty-second entry in The Producers Corner "sample challenge", where everyone is given the same source music from which to sample, and the results are diverse and entertaining. (Just kidding, it's a lot longer than thirty seconds.) The source this week was the 2019 album "It Rains Love" by Lee Fields & The Expressions, a collection of funky soul songs evocative of James Brown and Otis Redding. I purposefully tried to stay away from my normal approach of finding and looping long chunks of music, and instead went for more of a mosaic of small pieces (or "chops"). This was not only to give it the jumpy percussive tone I wanted, but also because these kinds of recent neo-soul records are essentially bands playing loops as if they were breakbeats and samples anyway, and I was trying to stay away from just sounding redundant. I used twelve different snippets from the source, edited and rearranged and layered together, then I added my own drum programming, bassline, and some vocal samples. I hope you enjoy the final product, and please everyone stay safe and healthy out there!!!
* This came in 5th place
