The Masquerade is NOT Over
The many incarnations of David Porter’s classic
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Countless producers have jacked different pieces of David Porter’s “I’m Afraid The Masquerade is Over,” from his 1971 concept album Victim of the Joke? An Opera. Here are a few notable ones. My personal fav is Rza’s usage of the opening pianos for Gza’s “Duel of the Iron Mic,” although the new Freeway joint, “It’s Over,” is a good flip.
David Porter “I’m Afraid The Masquerade Is Over” (1971)
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GZA “Duel of the Iron Mic” (1995)
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The Notorious B.I.G. “Who Shot Ya?” (1995)
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Freeway “It’s Over” (2007)
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LL Cool J “Ill Bomb” (1999)
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Faith Evans “Alone In This World” (2001)
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Ghostface “It’s Over” (2004)
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Mary J. Blige f/ Ghostface “Your Child (Remix)” (2006)
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A whole bunch of wack NY MC’s jack a wack 70′s song. what’s new?
A bunch of wack NY MC’s like the WU and Notorious? I think your name explains it all
Would you rather they snapped & leaned?
interesting piece. whoever put this together is doing their thing.
More of these different tracks same sample joint. w0rd to YN.
That Freeway flip is pretty nice – Dynamic Producer got some up and coming producers (Frequency, Jim Bond, Parafino, along with myself and 6 others) the original master files for this and we all flipped the sample in ridiculous ways. You should holla at DP and put some of those up, people would definitely feel em.
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ATL = All Trannies Live says:
A whole bunch of wack NY MC’s jack a wack 70’s song. what’s new?
Yo, I’m a southerner too, and I realize everybody is entitled to their opinion but uh…. Next time you have a thought….. Just let it go.
11/02/2007=BLACKOUT
Nigga who you think you are? YN?!?!? Lmao. He been did this post.
it’s a new dawn, a new day ninjas.
ive sampled that track about 5 times! thats the greatest song to sample ever!
I made my first MPC beat with this shit back in 97. It is fire but Nautalis is really the greatest track to sample. You can litterally flip every bar. JMO.
Lord Finesse used this too… Ya Better Recognize