The original is by Lovin' Spoonful, a 1973 Grammy Award winner
for best instrumental arrangement.
A DJ friend says that _The Roots_ use _Summer in the City_
on their second album (?? - the latest one). Actually, that
brings up a question I've had for a long time... _The Roots_
album _Do You Want More_ (Geffen 1994) starts the track
numbers at 18. And the next album starts off at 34. Where
are tracks 1-17? On another album already released? Or is this
a Star Wars thang -- where they plan to release the beginning
of the series later? Anyone know?
About The Justice System's album _Rooftop Soundcheck_
(MCA Records 1994).... I went to school with one of the
two rappers - Jahbaz. They kinda fell off -- a one-hit wonder.
Funny thing is, the one-hit was _Summer in the City_ -- it
even got an MTV video. But the true gem on the album is a
track called _Dedication to Bambaataa_!!! Don't know his
whereabouts.?.!.?....
Digit / Boston
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: From: jane lerner <jane@thirdage.com>
: To: Jon Jung <jjung@mail.summer.hawaii.edu>; Acid-Jazz@ucsd.edu; Gerry
Molumby <Gerry.Molumby@berlitz.ie>; Tony Reid <t-bird@salata.com>
: Subject: RE: Quincy Jones/Nightmares on Wax
: Date: Thursday, July 10, 1997 7:33 PM
:
: hi,
:
: quincy jones' version of "summer in the city" is available on a comp
called
: "beginning digging" that i bought at ameoba records in berkeley several
: months ago. it seems to have no clear label affiliation, but contains a
: killer track by minnie riperton and goodies from other funky folks of the
: 70s and 80s.
:
: i have also heard "summer in the city" sampled by a jazzy-hip-hop band
: called justice system-- a really nice record from about 3 years ago--
: anyone else own that album? and whatever happened to them?
:
: jane
:
: At 9:36 AM -1000 7/10/97, Jon Jung wrote:
: >The sampled track in mind is "Summer In the City" (a cover of someone,
don't
: >remember) from QJ's album "You've Got It Bad Girl". "Hicky Burr" is on
QJ's
: >album "Smackwater Jack" and was the theme song for the orignal "Cosby
Show"
: >apparently and has Cosby singing(?) the chorus.
: >
: >Whether either are on comps. is something I don't know...:-)
: >
: >--Jon
:
>___________________________________________________________________________
____
: >
: >
: > Is there a new mojo club comp out already? The last one was 'Vol.5
: > Sunshine of your love', has there been another since? There's a
Quincy
: > Jones track on vol 2 called 'Hicky Burr' is this the one you mean?
: >
: > just curious 'cause all there comps so far have been good and if
: > there's a new one out I gotsta have it!
: >
: > gerry
:
: