The Roots, “We Got You”
Just a brief thing from the Roots’ live album, I won’t spend more time on this than it lasts.
Wu-Tang Clan, “A Better Tomorrow”
The way the drums start up on this track, that’s such a RZA move. The distant piano loop also is a signature. These days, if I came into a beat blind, I couldn’t be sure if it’s a RZA track or not, because his style has been adopted by a lot of folks. But in 1997? Yeah, I could easily pick his stuff out.
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