The Native Tongues collective includes influential hip-hop groups and artists such as A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, Black Sheep, and Monie Love
Your track needs 3 things:
Vocals from the Native Tongues Collective:. You can sample iconic vocals, hooks, verses, or ad-libs from their songs
Samples used by the Native Tongues Collective: Any song that was used for their tracks can be used for yours. Use www.whosampled.com or your own crate digging brain to find the original songs and share to the thread.
Natural Sounds:
Incorporate samples of natural sounds to complement the vocals and create a cohesive theme. You can use sounds like:
- Birds chirping
- Flowing water (rivers, streams, ocean waves)
- Rainfall and thunderstorms
- Wind blowing through trees
- Animal sounds (e.g., crickets, frogs, wolves howling, raccoons in your trash bin)
- Forest ambiance
- Rustling leaves
- Rocks, sand etc.
Everyone must post at least one song that was sampled in any song from the discography of the Native Tongues. You cannot use the song you post, you must use 2 songs posted to the thread
Everyone must post at least one “Natural Sound”, can be a YT video, voice memo from phone, field recording etc… Time to get outside! You can’t use the audio you post.
Your track must have at least one vocal sample, 2 songs posted to the thread and a 1 field recording. Drums, bass and melodic elements can come from any source. Track length must be 3 minutes or less
Normal voting rules (1st 3pts, 2nd 2pts, 3rd 1pt)
Deadline to post songs/samples to this thread is Monday Aug 26th. If you don’t post, no problem! all are welcome to submit finished tracks.
Send your track in by Sunday Sept 1!
