Oh and Easy E was the nephew of Charles "Express yourself" Wright, that must have made sorting out the sampling fees easy. With the Watts 103 Street Rhythm Band he made a great LP (also called Express Yourself) and a double gatefold LP which came up in converstion with my friend Christian the other day. Charles Wright we decided was a funk auteur. Embraced a whole clutch of styles well.
Oh and Spike Lee was Bill Lee's son. Bill played on a handful of Strata East records with jazz heavyweights like (guessing) CecilMcBee and Clifford Jordan, as well as laying down a Mingus/Cassavetes bassline down for She's gotta have it.
Oh and Chuck D was Stokely Carmichael's chauffeur's son in law. Except he wasn't cos I made that up.
Posted by Woebot at March 22, 2003 10:42 AM