SAMPLED: Tyler, The Creator – "Lone"

by Aaron Zorgel

April 4, 2013

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SAMPLED examines the skeletal production of a contemporary rap, R&B, hip-hop or pop song — Where did the loop, sample, or chopped up vocal providing the backbone originate? SAMPLED gives you the history, the context, and the insight.

This week, we’re breaking down the sample from “Lone,” the final track from Tyler, The Creator’s Wolf:

Wilson das Neves is a Brazilian percussionist who grew up in Rio De Janeiro in the 1940s. Das Neves has enjoyed a career that spans sixty years of collaborating with the greatest names in Brazilian music, he’s renowned as a legendary name in samba. After learning his trade at the age of fourteen from Brazilian composer Moacir Santos, das Neves started touring and performing professionally with Brazilian orchestras.

In 1964, Wilson das Neves founded Os Ipanemas, a Brazilian super-group consisting of Astor Silva Marinho on trombone, Neco on guitar, and Rubens Bassini and das Neves handling percussion. They only recorded one self-titled record, but their mix of bossa nova, samba, and jazz was highly influential in shaping the progression of Brazilian music, and their collaborations hold cult status in the world of samba today. Wilson das Neves has played on recordings by Chico Buarque, Roberto Carlos, and countless other musicians who were very important to the post-bossa nova movement in Brazilian pop music.

“Jornada” appears on his 1976 release Som Quente É o Das Neves, and features a sleepy bossa nova groove that’s easy to get lost in.

“Jornada” by Wilson Das Neves was recently sampled by Tyler, The Creator on “Lone,” Wolf‘s haunting finale track:

If you haven’t already been completely alienated by Odd Future’s brash, outrageous shock value antics, there are considerable merits to witness on Tyler, The Creator’s Goblin followup, Wolf. It feels like Tyler has matured on Wolf, as he taps into his darkest insecurities in a way we haven’t heard since 2008’s “Bastard.”

In the scope of this column, “Lone” is interesting — that is to say, it’s the first time we’ve covered an artist that lets an entire recording play out, virtually unedited. With the exception of a few stutter-edits, Tyler spits verses about his struggle with fame, and the loss of his grandmother (a major theme on Wolf) over “Jornada” in its original state. Somehow, the dreamy samba composition doesn’t sound out of place on a record that’s filled with Tyler’s dark distorted beats, which is a testament to Tyler being clear-headed about his artistic vision for Wolf.

Tags: Music, Featured, News, Odd Future, OFWGKTA, Tyler the Creator

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