Freddie McCoy – Gimme Some
Freddie McCoy – Worst That Could Happen
Freddie McCoy – Time For My Children
Like so many others, Golden Era Hip-Hop has profoundly affected how I hear music and my general tastes. Many of us learned so much about many different genres of music just tracking down samples from those albums. One of the best, that continues to send people out diggin’, was Mecca And The Soul Brother from Pete Rock & CL Smooth. The Ernie Hines record I’ve featured here is probably my favorite sample on the album, but a close second is “Gimme Some” which shows up primarily as an interlude but made an indelible impression on me. It was a happy day when I ran into this album over ten years ago at Groove Merchant, and an even happier day a couple of weeks ago when I ran into at Groove Merchant again after having sold the first copy back in 2004. In truth, this isn’t McCoy’s strongest work, filled almost exclusively covers of the “hits” of the day. “Worst That Could Happen,” and the McCoy original “Time For My Children” keep this from being a “one-tracker,” but even if they were there I’d still love this album just for the completely sublime feeling that happens every time I drop the needle on “Gimme Some.”
Cheers,
Michael