Song Title: Pass the Mic
Artist: Beastie Boys
Album: Check Your Head
Record Company: Capitol Records
Date of Publication: April 21st, 1992
The song "Pass the Mic" by the Beastie Boys a sample from the 1976 composition "Choir" by the jazz flutist James Newton. The song begins with a six-second sample taken from "Choir" where Newton is overblowing a C note on his flute. The sample is repeated frequently throughout the song and creates an eerie noise in the background. This sampling of a jazz flutist demonstrates the numerous different influences that affected the Beastie Boy's hip hop sound. Although the jazz flute is not normally affiliated with hip-hop, the Beastie Boys creatively use the flute in an effort to unify the hip-hop and jazz genre.
Listen to "Pass the Mic": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBZYBL0KYdI
Listen to the sample from "Choir": http://atomiq.org/etc/james_newton_pass_the_mic.mp3
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