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From Where

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Released
  
February 13, 1996

Length
  
61:49

Release date
  
13 February 1996

Recorded
  
1995

Artist
  
Skillz

Label
  
Big Beat Records

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From Where??? (1996)
  
I Ain't Mad No More (2002)

Producers
  
J Dilla, Buckwild, Large Professor, Clark Kent

Genres
  
Hip hop music, East Coast hip hop

Similar
  
I Ain't Mad No More, Confessions of a Ghostwriter, The Million Dollar Backpack, The World Needs More Skillz, Vagina Diner

From where album


From Where??? is the debut album by underground Hip Hop artist Mad Skillz, now known as Skillz. The album was praised for its strong lyrical content and production, however, suffered from low sales. Producers for the album included Jay Dee, The Beatnuts, Buckwild, Large Professor, and DJ Clark Kent. The singles "The Nod Factor" and "Move Ya Body" received moderate radio and video airplay.

Contents

Samples

It's Goin' Down

  • "Boa Palavra" by Sérgio Mendes

    • The Nod Factor

  • "Superman Lover" by Johnny "Guitar" Watson

    • VA in the House

  • "Fly With the Wings of Love" by Joe Sample

    • Tongues of the Next Shit

  • "Night Breeze" by Bobby Lyle

    • Doin' Time in the Cypha

  • "Come into Knowledge" by R.A.M.P.

    • Extra Abstract Skillz

  • "Song Sung Long" by Carla Bley
  • "Get Out Of My Life, Woman" by Allen Toussaint

    • Get Your Groove On

  • "Summer Madness" by Kool & the Gang
  • "The Breakdown (Part II)" by Rufus Thomas

    • The Jam

  • "Canto de Ossanha" by Dorothy Ashby

    • Move Ya Body

  • "I'm Only Human" by Jeffrey Osborne

    • Street Rules

  • "Modaji" by Dave Grusin

    • Unseen World

  • "Brown Ballad" by Quincy Jones
  • "Ode to Billie Joe" by Lou Donaldson

    • Songs

    1From Where??? (intro)1:22
    2It's Goin' Down4:03
    3The Nod Factor3:58

    References

    From Where??? Wikipedia
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