Thread: August Chop Shop Contest

The Jeff Lorber Fusion – Rain Dance


‘Smooth Jazz’ is not that the first section of the record store one would come to when digging for Hip-Hop breaks. But as evidenced by The Jeff Lorber Fusion, dope breaks can come in any genre[1].

Jeff Lorber is a successful artist/keyboardist from Philadelphia, who came on the scene in 1977 with an accessible, yet well respected style. His group’s 1979 album Water Sign - featuring jazz legends Freddie Hubbard and Joe Farrell[2]– boasted 8 tracks of melodic, key-driven jazz, including a song called “Rain Dance” – which would form the basis for Lil Kim’s 1996 hit record "Crush on You" (produced by Fanatic).


The Jeff Lorber Fusion - Rain Dance



Lil' Kim ft. Lil' Cease - Crush on You



Let's hear what the DP fam can do with this one!

Download “Rain Dance" here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B4BNU265

Submit your entry to: chopshopcomp@gmail.com (please include your DP Name in mp3)

Deadline: August 31, 2011


[1] This is only one example - Jeff Lorber’s “Night Love” was sampled for Jay-Z’s “Who You Wit II”. Not bad for a guy who introduced Kenny G to the world, no? (On his 1980 LP Wizard Island.)


[2]Freddie Hubbard and Joe Farrell have had plenty of their music sampled BTW. Ill breaks from both of these dudes.

Here are the submissions for August:

CJ the Cynic:


Eric James Young


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