Science Gone Mad Audio eXchange

FINALLY Fatboy Slim put out the 93-minute remix of Kid Rock's "Cowboy." For Chrissakes, how long were you going to make me wait?

If that were to ever actually happen, I'm killing Fatboy Slim, Kid Rock, all of you, and then myself.

Today's audio sample of choice is

Bob James - Nautilus

This song shows up from time to time on various "Greatest Samples Of All Time" lists from various hip-hop media. And it has been sampled countless times, from Eric B and Rakim's "Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em" and Slick Rick's "Children's Story", Pete Rock has used it numerous times, etc etc. My favorite use of "Nautilus" would have to be Ghostface Killah's "Daytona 500", which RZA is able to isolate just the guitar, which is conveniently panned to the left for easy sampling.

However it dawned on me about a year ago that for all the songs I'd heard that sampled "Nautilus", I'd not actually listened to "Nautilus." So I downloaded it, and damn if it hasn't been in my playlist on the regular ever since. I don't know if you guys like instrumentals as much as I do, or smooth jazz or whatever you wanna call this, but this is one dope, really chill song. I find the combo of wine, greenery, and "Nautilus" makes for a relaxing time.

Since then I've researched the music of Bob James a little more, and not only does he have like 17 albums (not including the successful Fourplay project with Chick Corea), but he's responsible for ANOTHER classic sample, his song "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" is best recognized as the bell-heavy breakbeat to Run-D.M.C.'s "Peter Piper", LL Cool J's "Rock The Bells" and others.

While record digging in Knoxville back in May, I picked up Bob James Touchdown LP for the princely sum of $2. Assuming it might have good sample material, I was also surprised to find out that the opening song "Angela" was in fact the theme song to TAXI.