Blue Note and Hip Hop Culture

[blajay]

So I know there was the Madlib Blue Note mix record. I've just now come across some other random Blue Note hip hop stuff. I was walking in the Mission district of SF past a trendy shoe store, and saw these Adidas shoes. Then a friend sent me this link on if Wu-Tang were with Blue Note. Not sure if this is a new trend or just a coincidence.

[JSngry]

Not a new trend, at least a decade old, but not one that seems to be in its death throes by any means.

[rdavenport]

So I know there was the Madlib Blue Note mix record. I've just now come across some other random Blue Note hip hop stuff. I was walking in the Mission district of SF past a trendy shoe store, and saw these Adidas shoes. Then a friend sent me this link on if Wu-Tang were with Blue Note. Not sure if this is a new trend or just a coincidence.

Wasn't the "Blue Break Beats" tagline something along the lines of "you've got to hear Blue Note to dig Def Jam"? I remember that as far back as 1993.

[blajay]

So I know there was the Madlib Blue Note mix record. I've just now come across some other random Blue Note hip hop stuff. I was walking in the Mission district of SF past a trendy shoe store, and saw these Adidas shoes. Then a friend sent me this link on if Wu-Tang were with Blue Note. Not sure if this is a new trend or just a coincidence.

Wasn't the "Blue Break Beats" tagline something along the lines of "you've got to hear Blue Note to dig Def Jam"? I remember that as far back as 1993.

Yeah I've seen those, and other mix records of Blue Note tunes marketed for DJs that seemed less legitimate. I wonder if Blue Note will become more active in Hip Hop, with contemporary artists other than Madlib.

[Noj]

Those Wu covers are pretty cool looking, but they didn't sample much Blue Note. RZA tended to pull from old soul records and martial arts films.

I'd sport the BN button up.