So let me start by introducing myself. My name is gfrench I am from Tucson, AZ. I am a photographer and musician, I guess just an all-around artist in general. But the one thing all my interests have in common is they all revolve around my love for Hip-Hop. That brings me to my main interest Record Collecting AKA Diggin In The Crates. I have been getting records for 15 years or more. So today I found Mind Force Gathering section on PeakD and it just clicked. I am going to start writing about record collecting and how it influenced Hip-Hip. Well, this is my first post so excuse my writing and formatting. I am sure it will improve with time. I also want to give a Big Shout Out to the entire Jivin Scientists Crew. Thanks for everything you have done, you guys are truly family.
Anyway, here is my first pick a super classic Apache by The Incredible Bongo Band
The Incredible Bongo Band was the brainchild of prolific film and record producer Michael Viner, put together in 1972 to supplement the soundtrack to the virtually anonymous B-Movie film The Thing With Two Heads. They went from a loose studio collective to an instrumental pop covers consortium, interpreting classics of the day in their own inimitable percussion-heavy fashion. Viner recorded 'The Incredible Bongo Band' at MGM studios during downtime assembling line-ups from whoever was available at the time.
Apache, originally made famous by The Shadows, is simply legendary in the worlds of dance music and hip hop. One of the most sampled tracks of all time it has been used by Nas, Beastie Boys, Moby, Kanye West, Sugarhill Gang, Jay-Z, Aphex Twin, DJ Shadow, Goldie, Double Dee & Steinski, Faith Evans, Ultramagnetic MC’s, Leaders Of The New School, UNKLE, IBM Nation and DJ Spinna, The Bizzie Boyz, Schoolly D, LL Cool J, 2 Live Crew, 4 Hero, Godfather Don, Diamond D, Luke Vibert, Sway & King Tech, Rebel MC, to name a few...
Apache was a staple for the likes of Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash as they invented the art of DJing at the Bronx block parties of the ‘70s. Over the years it has become a hip hop and breakers anthem and is revered as the break of all original breaks, with the rhythms of this LP even helping to coin the term 'breakbeat'.
