Riding High
Faze-O
Riding High, 1977

I played “Da Goodness” by Redman last week and one of the lyrics that usually floats by undeciphered suddenly came through loud and clear, “I been had a demo before Riding High.” It was one of those moments that made me wonder how many other (potentially more important) connections sit in front of my face every day that I don’t notice. “Riding High” is one of those songs that I actually found “backwards.” As in, the track has been massively sampled but I actually heard it before I heard any of the tracks that sample it. The Breaks says that it been sampled 18 times but I think EPMD’s “Please Listen To My Demo” is the best known, or at least it’s the best known to me (and probably to Redman).

“Riding High” makes me think of driving next to a moon-lit body of water around 1:00 in the morning. It’s a pretty unique song, I can’t really think of anything else that sounds a lot like it.

Don’t miss the drum fills that start @2:37 and continue sporadically throughtout!

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