Diggin' on Blue [Import]

Track Listings

1. Sittin Duck - Gene Harris & The Three Sounds

2. Summer Song - Ronnie Foster

3. Little Green Apples - Stanley Turrentine

4. Were In Love - Reuben Wilson

5. Olliloqui Valley - Herbie Hancock

6. I Remember Summer - Gene Harris

7. In What Direction Are You - Lee Morgan

8. Repeat After Me - The Three Sounds

9. Hunk O Funk - Jack Mcduff

10. Summertime - Lou Donaldson

11. Mystic Brew - Ronnie Foster

12. Dont Want Nobody - Grant Green

13. Turning Piont - Lonnie Smith

14. Wrong Or Right - Bobby Hutcherson

15. Samsung Faces Sometimes - Bobbi Humphrey

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
2004 reissue of Japanese exclusive mix compilation of Blue Note artists such as Gene Harris, Stanley Turrentine, Herbie Hancock, Lee Morgan, Grant Green, & more. Virgin.

Diggin' on Blue,Pete Rock,Toshiba EMI,East Coast Rap,Hip-Hop,Jazz-Rap,Pop,Rap,Rap & Hip-Hop

Tracks:

Prelude - Biz Markie, Gene Harris
Lansana's Priestess - Biz Markie, Donald Byrd
Blue Mode - Biz Markie, Reuben Wilson
Pot Belly - Biz Markie, Lou Donaldson
Night Flight - Biz Markie,
Ease Back - Biz Markie, Grant Green
Smiling Faces Sometimes - Biz Markie, Bobbi Humphrey
Little Green Apples - Biz Markie, Monk Higgins
Woman of the Ghetto - Biz Markie, Marlena Shaw
Three Is the Magic Number - Biz Markie, Bob Dorough
Brother Soul - Biz Markie, Lou Donaldson
You & Music - Biz Markie, Donald Byrd
Sookie Sookie - Biz Markie, Grant Green
My Little Girl - Biz Markie, Bobbi Humphrey
Holy Thursday - David Axelrod, Biz Markie
Sidewinder - Biz Markie,
One Cylinder - Biz Markie, Lou Donaldson
Repeat After Me - Biz Markie,
Banbara - Biz Markie,
Whole Lotta Love - Biz Markie,
Sitting Duck - Biz Markie
Inside You - Biz Markie, Eddie Henderson
Wind Parade - Biz Markie, Donald Byrd
Harlem River Drive - Biz Markie, Bobbi Humphrey
Ain't It Funky Now - Biz Markie, Grant Green
Everyman's Your Brother - Biz Markie,
Ronnie's Bonnie - Biz Markie, Reuben Wilson

Album Description

2004 reissue of Japanese exclusive mix compilation. Virgin.

Album Details

Japanese Exclusive 60th Annivesary Release. Entertainer Biz Markie Non-stop Turn-table Mixes for Blue Note Birthday.

Customer Reviews:

a must have........2006-08-04

This diabolical brother really is a true entertainer and surpasses even my own expectations of him, as the reviewer below said Biz is on some next level isht, he's scrathes with more ferocity than a tramp with crabs does his daddy bag it's that viscious, i gotta say though on a more serious tip that it's a lot better and well put together set than Pete's and Finesse diggin' on blue, you can also include Madlib's blue note set here also, But i gotta say that the shoutouts i feel enhance the set really it don't go on and on like Pete's does,The choice of blue note joints too are refreshing too and none of those played out stuff on here, if you are a budding dj or just love great instrumental LP's get this one in the bag, but move quick because this is out of stock for most of the time, even if you just love jazz and not really a hip hop fan i think you will still love this set. Biz maintains a fine standard here and drops some more of the "lesser" tracks like Marlena Shaw's " woman of the ghetto" and the brilliant Grant Green's "sookie sookie" theres just so much quality tracks, some more known than others, but in the mean time catch this set from the diabolical Biz if you can.

Fertile for sampling and breakbeats.......2000-07-07

Although this disc is in mono sound, this has the feel of a mixtape by the famed Biz markie. Unlike the Pete Rock on the same series, this dude freestyles perfectly and goes nuts on the tables. Seriously, you could get scared that he scratch up his own record collection into oblivion. The number of tracks here are mind boggling and the shoutouts are sort of interrupting more than enhancing. I would get some of this hot stuff because you can't find a big percentage of this on anything on CD etc. etc.

Average customer rating:

SHUT UP. PETE.
Pete's diggin results in incredible rewards for the listener
Watch out!
Needs more cutting but Pete Rock is the best there...

Diggin' on Blue
Pete Rock
Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1999-08-30

Tracks:

Sittin Duck - Gene Harris & The Three Sounds
Summer Song - Ronnie Foster
Little Green Apples - Stanley Turrentine
We're in Love - Reuben Wilson
Olliloqui Valley - Herbie Hancock
Shirl (Natural Illusions) - Bobby Hutcherson
I Remember Summer - Gene Harris
In What Direction Are You - Lee Morgan
Repeat After Me - The Three Sounds
Hunk O Funk - Jack McDuff
Summertime - Lou Donaldson
Mystic Brew - Ronnie Foster
I Don't Want Nobody - Grant Green
Turning Point - Dr. Lonnie Smith
Wrong or Right - Bobby Hutcherson
Smiling Faces Sometimes - Bobbi Humphrey

Album Description

2004 reissue of Japanese exclusive mix compilation of Blue Note artists such as Gene Harris, Stanley Turrentine, Herbie Hancock, Lee Morgan, Grant Green, & more. Virgin.

Album Details

Japanese Exclusive Blue Note Tracks Continuous Mix by Pete Rock.

Customer Reviews:

SHUT UP. PETE........2006-01-10

This CD easily could have been one of my favorite blue note mix tapes, but Pete Rock really messed up here. As other reviewers stated already, Pete Rock gives shout-outs to his record label, and his fans in Japan every 3 minutes. Also, you get to hear Rich Mason and Pete Rock giving props to each other every 5 minutes. It's really ironic that Pete Rock is the one behind the production, but at same time he also ruins the total experience with this so-annoying dumb shout outs. i love pete rock but this time i found myself keep yelling : Shut your mouth, Pete. i'm trying to enjoy music here." overall, this CD feels more like a free radio station blue note mix. in other words, unless you have to collect everything that's done by pete Rock, (even though he did very little in here) it ain't worth $38 bucks.

Pete's diggin results in incredible rewards for the listener.......2005-03-02

You have to love jazz, love sampling, or be a huge Pete Rock fan to really even have interest in this album. If any of these are true of you, you'll probably enjoy this album. The coolest part is that you get to hear the original tracks for some of Pete & other great producers legendary works. For instance, check out "We're In Love" by Reuben Wilson used for DJ Premier's classic production for Nas's "Memory Lane" on Illmatic. Or the "Turning Point" sample for "Electric Relaxation" by Tribe Called Quest. Or even a little bit of Dre's Chronic sampled "Samsung Faces Sometimes".

To only confirm what's said here before, there are some factors you NEED to know before buying "Diggin' On Blue". This really is a Blue Notes Records Mixtape, so it follows the Mixtape style a little more than I'd like it to. It has NO track breaks and it has TONS of shout outs all over the music.

Regardless, if I'm gonna trust anyone's judgment on quality obscure tracks - without a doubt it's Pete Rock and he doesn't disappoint here. The album plays really well as it is devoid of anything mediocre. This is a great collection of relatively unknown jazz tunes and if you have this on as background music, there's really no need to skip around anyway. Sure I would have liked to have breaks for the tracks, and the shout outs are extremely unnecessary. But, the music is so good and the shout outs are pretty spread out that it doesn't hinder the album too much. Fixing those two factors would have made this album perfect.

However, "Diggin' On Blue" is absolutely NOT worth the import price suggested above, even as a collector's item. But, from my own experience I know that a true Pete Rock fans that loves his sampling technique will get it anyway. While I shudder sometimes to think how much the person who gave this to me spent, it's not more than 10 min into the album before you're able to block it out and just vibe out to a great collection of jazz.
(8/10)

Watch out!.......2004-03-06

Let's be honest...This is great music BUT there are some problems with this disc that can't be overlooked. First, I'm not sure WHO "Rich Mason" is (I suppose he played a significant role in the behind-the-scenes production)but -- Lord Have Mercy -- The Chocolate Boy Wonder shouts him out like every five minutes! It'd be cooler if PR shouted out the original Blue Note artists more and delivered something in his mic checks that gave a sense of history behind the tracks he's selected. I think Madlib's disc works really well in that regard. Different type of project, I know, but still...Finally, you are literally HELD HOSTAGE to this mix, meaning there is only ONE LONG TRACK and you can't jump to any particular song. That's a major mistake on someone's part. Those detractions aside, it's a disc that's worth owning -- at least that's what I tell myself now that it's already in my collection! The drawbacks to this disc make me reluctant to get the Biz and Finesse joints that are part of this series, so I'd appreciate seeing what y'all have to say that have already copped those.

Needs more cutting but Pete Rock is the best there..........2000-07-07

Pete Rock is the best producer on earth seriously. His selections of Blue Notes aren't hackneyed at all in fact and I was only disappointed by his lack of cutting on this one but I guess that you can't mess his records in order to throw some a mixtape. All the same, Pete Rock is a more patient guy, letting the listener enjoy the funk flavor of the entire track rather than relentlessly mixing up in some crazy fashion. I think that the disc despite its rather shorter length relative to the other two has the most relaxed and beautiful and appealing of all this series. I hope that Blue Note can come out with more of this hot series like the groove series etc. etc.

Average customer rating:

an important piece of work
Not that good
This is a SHOUT OUT cd.
Shout outs anyone?
The best of this series by far.

Diggin' on Blue
Lord Finesse
Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000JXE3
Release Date: 2004-04-27

Tracks:

Night Whistler - Donald Byrd
Wind Parade - Donald Byrd
Tidal Wave - Ronnie Laws
Mystic Brew - Ronnie Foster
Oblighetto - Jack McDuff
Chicago Damn - Bobbi Humphrey
Prelude - Gene Harris
Peace of Mind - Lord Finesse
We've Only Just Begun - Grant Green
Back on the Track - Jimmy McGriff
San Francisco Lights - Bobbi Humphrey
Monkin Around - Blue Mitchell
My Little Girl - Bobbi Humphrey
Living Inside Your Love - Earl Klugh
Mundo de Maravillas - Lord Finesse
Montara - Bobby Hutcherson
Procession - Bobby Hutcherson
Just a Love Child - Lord Finesse
Maybe Tomorrow - Grant Green
Soul Symphony - The Three Sounds
Now - Bobby Hutcherson
At the Source - Lord Finesse
Feel Like Makin Love - Marlena Shaw
You're Welcome Stop on By - Lou Donaldson
Sittin Duck - Gene Harris & The Three Sounds
Repeat After Me - Lord Finesse
Sugar Hill - Gene Harris & The Three Sounds
Get out of My Life Woman - Lord Finesse
Hot Rod - Reuben Wilson
We're in Love - Lord Finesse
Think Twice - Donald Byrd
Dominoes - Donald Byrd
Spinning Wheel - Dr. Lonnie Smith
Everything I Play Is Funk - Lou Donaldson
Pot Belly - Lou Donaldson
Tennessee Waltz - Lou Donaldson
It's Your Thing - Lou Donaldson
Ode to Billie Joe - Lou Donaldson
Change - Donald Byrd
Who's Makin Love - Lou Donaldson
Absolutions - Lee Morgan
Soul Symphony - The Three Sounds
Down Here on the Ground - Grant Green
Raise (3 D Lifestyles) - Greg Osby

Album Description

2004 reissue of Japanese exclusive mix compilation. Virgin.

Album Details

Japanese Exclusive 60th Anniversary Release. Funky Mixes of Blue Note Classic by Lord Finesse.

Customer Reviews:

an important piece of work.......2005-06-11

blue note did a fine thing in getting some excellent producers/turntablists to cut up their finest breaks. blue note's catalogue, especially that of the hard-bop era, can be found in a great deal of hip-hop, rap, and r&b tracks as both backbone and window-dressing. anyone who has taken even a casual interest in rap from the mid-80s to the present will recognize about half of the drops lord f makes here, and he does it with exceptional style. while i agree the shout-outs are excessive, they, like the lines, hooks, and beats appropriated from blue note, are key to hip-hop culture. if you're familiar with the cavalcade of artists involved, it's slightly more amusing, but it does blemish an otherwise masterful reworking of a treasure trove of recorded history.

Not that good.......2005-05-11

I'm with what they said about the shout out's, I really wasn't feelin this CD though, Not Impresses.I'd Give it 1 1/2 stars but it can have the benifit of the doubt and have 2

This is a SHOUT OUT cd........2004-07-26

If you want good music then find out who the artis are on this CD and buy the albums. If you want to listen to shout outs then this is the album for you. Every got damn 2 minutes Lord Finesse wants to shout out to someone. If he's not shouting out then someone is popping up on the CD shouting out. The music is great and that's why I bought the CD but to listen to him talk through the entire CD made me want to pimp slap him for messing up the CD. The other CD's by The Biz and Pete Rock are nice and not as much talking but seriously I wouldn't recommend this CD unless you can find someone to burn it from.

Shout outs anyone?.......2001-10-19

Shout outs are expected on mixtapes, no question. This one has about 1,000 of them. If your gonna drop over 40 bones for this disc expect non-stop shout outs from Finesse to about every mc and dj in the book. The music is first rate, no doubt, but to me all the shout outs get in the way. Pete Rock and Biz Markie have Blue Note mixtapes in this series as well with far less shout outs, letting you, the listener, enjoy the jazz/funk mix more. No discredit to Lord Finesse, we know you've got skillz, but chill out on all the shout outs boy, damn!

The best of this series by far........2000-07-07

Lord Finesse is the man and unbeatable. His funky breaks are more obscure... none of that Grant Green stuff either. In fact, you wonder why this man is not more appreciated in his lifetime at all. Indeed, I will admit that his cutting skills are impeccable and quite a beaut by all means too. The sound is the best mono and definitely worth listening for all the tracks one by one...