Ernie Barnes

I meant to do this post right after the Uptown Saturday Night post but it slipped my mind. The original cover of USN was based on the cover of a Marvin Gaye album (which I use as the cover of the sample set) which was drawn by Ernie Barnes. Barnes is, along with Caravaggio, JM Turner and Frederic Remington (That Remington is owned by my College, I'll steal it before I graduate), one of my favorite artists of all time. His work, to me, represents what modern art should be and not that grotesque Picasso bullshit (except for Guernica, which is just incredible) . He is most famous for his sports based art, which is appropriate considering that he was an AFL player. Above are just a few of my favorite Barnes paintings.

Blaxploitation Rap

Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night [The Samples]
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What Can I say. No one who has ever heard this album will ever forget the horns on Luchini or the smothness of Coolie high or the. . . Let's just say it's memorable. Ski absolutely murked the beats. Each one drips Blaxploitation wet. It's the album that began my little sample digging expedition. It has taken so long to release because I haven't been able to find a list of all the samples used for the album. At some point I realized that if I was to keep waiting I will wait forever. So I'm posting it now, if I get a more complete list, I will find the rest of the samples and update/repost as necessary.

Adventures In The Land Of Music ['Luchini'] 1 Dynasty 4:14 Uptown Saturday Night [The Samples]
September 13 ['Park Joint'} 2 Deodato 5:57 Uptown Saturday Night [The Samples]
Hook and Sling ['B-Side To Hollywood'] 3 Eddie Bo 1:03 Uptown Saturday Night [The Samples]
Leyte ['Sparkle'] 4 Cal Tjader 5:22 Uptown Saturday Night [The Samples]
Love Is The Answer ['Black Connection'] 5 The Stylistics 3:05 Uptown Saturday Night [The Samples]
A Litttle Spice ['Rockin' It AKA Spanish Harlem'] 6 Loose Ends 5:09 Uptown Saturday Night [The Samples]
Walk From Regio's ['Nickey Barnes'] 7 Isaac Hayes 2:24 Uptown Saturday Night [The Samples]
Nautilus ['Black Nostaljack'] 8 Bob James 5:06 Uptown Saturday Night [The Samples]
Tripping Out ['Black Nostaljack'] 9 Curtis Mayfield 6:51 Uptown Saturday Night [The Samples]
Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun) ['Coolie High'] 10 Janet Jackson 4:28 Uptown Saturday Night [The Samples]
It's A New Day ['Coolie High'] 11 Skull Snaps 3:01 Uptown Saturday Night [The Samples]