Night Owls 4: A Shot In The Dark
Various Artists
Hip-hop
| Feb 2010
Reviews
Raymundo
Reviewed 2010-03-09
Reviewed 2010-03-09
A collection of Indie Artists and DJs from So-Cal / Lemon Grove / San Diego hip-hop scene with a very heavy funk, rare groove, and soul influence.
FCC clean.
Try: 7, 10, 16
1. Melodic synth sounds. Strong female chorus by Christin Hart
2. Gospel / Choir usage,
3. Powerful Horns used in the samples, boom-bap hip-hop tempo
4. Cleaver scratches and cuts. 70's style funk sound.
5. Slow tempo
6. Twangy funk guitar riffs, upbeat tempo
7. Incredible usage of Marlena Shaw's "California Soul". Very strong lyrics while re-editing the original sample.
8. Mellow beats, double beat change ups throughout the track
9. Tons of vocal samples. Head-nodding classic hip-hop beat
10. Turntable / scratch composition. Very dark sounding track.
11. Funky jazz flute sounds
12. Sped up 80's soft-rock sample.
13. Bouncy beat. Poppy horns.
14. Psychedelic sounding track, slow hip-hop tempo
15. Bouncy and uptempo track.
16. Soulful jazz tempo, Nice
17. Thick, powerful sounding horns. Echoing beats
18. Bouncy beats. Funky sounding breaks
19. Electro-synth-sounds, uptempo beats change up during chorus, nice track
20. 70's sound riff. Fast lyrical cypher delivery.
FCC clean.
Try: 7, 10, 16
1. Melodic synth sounds. Strong female chorus by Christin Hart
2. Gospel / Choir usage,
3. Powerful Horns used in the samples, boom-bap hip-hop tempo
4. Cleaver scratches and cuts. 70's style funk sound.
5. Slow tempo
6. Twangy funk guitar riffs, upbeat tempo
7. Incredible usage of Marlena Shaw's "California Soul". Very strong lyrics while re-editing the original sample.
8. Mellow beats, double beat change ups throughout the track
9. Tons of vocal samples. Head-nodding classic hip-hop beat
10. Turntable / scratch composition. Very dark sounding track.
11. Funky jazz flute sounds
12. Sped up 80's soft-rock sample.
13. Bouncy beat. Poppy horns.
14. Psychedelic sounding track, slow hip-hop tempo
15. Bouncy and uptempo track.
16. Soulful jazz tempo, Nice
17. Thick, powerful sounding horns. Echoing beats
18. Bouncy beats. Funky sounding breaks
19. Electro-synth-sounds, uptempo beats change up during chorus, nice track
20. 70's sound riff. Fast lyrical cypher delivery.
Recent airplay
California Soul
FLASHBANG RADIO: SHAZAM! — Jun 24, 2010
California Soul
Sunshine ... in the Afternoon — Jun 09, 2010
California Soul
Memorial Values — May 31, 2010
California Soul
Music Casserole — May 29, 2010
Fine Line, California Soul
MHz — May 16, 2010
California Soul
FLASHBANG RADIO: THE AMERICAN DREAM EPISODE 4 — Apr 29, 2010
Charting
2010-04-25 — 2010-06-27
Hip-Hop
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jun 27 | 1 |
| Jun 13 | 1 |
| Jun 6 | 1 |
| May 30 | 1 |
| May 23 | 1 |
| May 2 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | For You | ||
| 2. | Always Shine | ||
| 3. | We Will Not Stop | ||
| 4. | Emceeing Is Believing | ||
| 5. | Spell It | ||
| 6. | Hold On | ||
| 7. | California Soul | ||
| 8. | Older Than I Was Before | ||
| 9. | First Of All | ||
| 10. | A Shot In The Dark | ||
| 11. | Knuckle Up | ||
| 12. | Something You Said | ||
| 13. | Shots Out | ||
| 14. | Test Market | ||
| 15. | Live & Direct | ||
| 16. | Fine Line | ||
| 17. | We Ran With It | ||
| 18. | Choose Your Battles | ||
| 19. | Okay With It | ||
| 20. | 21 Jump Street |