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Salt of the Earth (The Soul Searchers album)

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Released
  
1974

Length
  
40:34

Artist
  
The Soul Searchers

Label
  
Sussex

Recorded
  
1974

Salt of the Earth (1974)
  
Bustin' Loose (1979)

Release date
  
1974

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Studio
  
American Star Studio, Falls Church, Virginia

Producer
  
Carroll Hynson Joe Tate

Genres
  
Funk, Soul music, Go-go, Jazz-funk

Similar
  
We the People, Go Go Swing Live, Funk Express, We Got This, Hah Man

The soul searchers 1974 salt of the earth full album


Salt of the Earth is the second album by the Washington, D.C.-based group The Soul Searchers.

Contents

Soul searchers blow your whistle


Reception

Released in 1974, this album has become one of the most sampled albums in hip hop music with the drum break from "Ashley's Roachclip" being the basis of many popular songs of the past thirty years.

Track listing

Side A
  1. "I Rolled It You Hold It" (John Buchanan) – 4:38
  2. "Blow Your Whistle" (Maxx Kidd, Chuck Brown) – 3:01
  3. "Close To You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 4:23
  4. "Funk to the Folks" (John Buchanan) – 4:14
Side B
  1. "Ain't It Heavy" (John Buchanan) – 5:58
  2. "Windsong" (John Buchanan) – 5:00
  3. "Ashley's Roachclip" (Lloyd Pinchback) – 5:36
  4. "We Share" (Donald Tillery, John Buchanan) – 2:49
  5. "If It Ain't Funky" (Chuck Brown) – 3:39

Personnel

  • Chuck Brown – electric guitar, lead vocals
  • John "J.B." Buchanan – trombone, piano, synthesizer, percussion, vocals
  • Donald Tillery – trumpet, percussion, vocals
  • John Euell – bass guitar
  • Kenneth Scoggins – drums, percussion
  • Lino Druitt – congas, bongos, percussion
  • Lloyd Pinchback – flute, saxophone, percussion
  • Bennie Braxton – organ, vocals

    • Samples

  • Eric B. & Rakim sampled "Ashley's Roachclip" on their song "Paid In Full" on their album Paid In Full in 1987.
  • LL Cool J sampled "Ashley's Roachclip" on his song "Jack The Ripper" on the B Side of his 12" "Going Back to Cali" single in 1988.
  • Run–D.M.C. sampled "Ashley's Roachclip" on their song "Run's House" on their album Tougher Than Leather in 1988.
  • Public Enemy sampled "Blow Your Whistle" on their song "Who Stole the Soul?" on their album Fear of a Black Planet in 1990.
  • 2Pac sampled "We Share" on his song "Old School" on his album Me Against the World in 1995.
  • Eve sampled "Blow Your Whistle" on her song "Tambourine" on her single in 2007.
  • Lloyd featuring Lil Wayne sampled "Ashley's Roachclip" on his song "Girls Around the World" on his album Lessons in Love in 2008.

    • Songs

    1I Rolled It You Hold It4:58
    2Blow Your Whistle3:01
    3Close to You4:23

    References

    Salt of the Earth (The Soul Searchers album) Wikipedia
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