SAMPLE NATION 89 // THE ALCHEMIST

Celebrating the production (and rapping) of The Alchemist

Itch FM, Producer SpecialJames Trice8 November 2021US Hip-Hop, The AlchemistComment

SAMPLE NATION 063 // DJ SHADOW

A celebration of the incredible work of DJ Shadow as an artist and a producer in general, the man can do no wrong.

From Endtroducing to UNKLE and all the Original Samples that made up some of those early releases.

Broadcast on ITCH.FM 08/11/20

Artist Special, Producer Special, Original Samples, Itch FMJames Trice23 November 2020DJ SHADOW, UNKLEComment

SAMPLE NATION 050 // MARLEY MARL // PRODUCER SPECIAL

Celebrating the production of one of the early originators, Marley Marl.

Originally broadcast on ITCH.FM 19/07/20

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SAMPLE NATION 047 // ILLINFORMED // PRODUCER SPECIAL

Celebration of ILLINFORMED’s incredible production

Broadcast on ITCH.FM 21/06/20

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SAMPLE NATION 046 // BLM

A Celebration of Black British Hip-Hop

Broadcast on ITCH.FM 14/06/20

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SAMPLE NATION 045 // DILLA AND VICE BEATS INTERVIEW

Vice Beats recently released a album dedicated to Dilla's music, officially endorsed by the James Dewitt Yancey Foundation.

I spoke to him just before it's release in February about how it all came together, his life in Hip-Hop and his love for Dilla

Broadcast on Itch.FM 07/06/20

Interview, Itch FM, Producer SpecialJames Trice3 September 2020Vice Beats, J Dilla, UK Hip-Hop, US Hip-HopComment

SAMPLE NATION 042 // BUCKWILD

Broadcast 17/05/2020 on Itch.FM, two hours of classic 90s golden age Hip-Hop by the legendary Buckwild

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SAMPLE NATION 040 // EASY MO BEE

Ultimate 90s SP1200 production don. Easy Mo Bee special. One of the truly great Hip-Hop producers, he really shaped the 90s sound and revolutionised the chopping of samples.

Broadcast live on Itch.FM 03/05/20

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SAMPLE NATION 037 // THE BOMB SQUAD

Celebrating the revolutionary production crew The Bomb Squad. Working through their vast back catalogue from Ice-cube, Rakim and Big Daddy Kane to Public Enemy.. Truly one of a kind producers, with a style of production that sadly no longer exists

Broadcast 01/03/20

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SAMPLE NATION 034 // MICALL PARKNSUN

Two hours of UK Hip-Hop, new and old. Celebrating the incredible producer and MC; Micall Parknsun. I was first introduced to his work randomly buying a Skriblah 12” in MSM, on which he was just called Parky. But I think for me I really took notice with his debut album Working Class Dad, which is just an beautiful album from start to finish with tracks produced by LG, Beatbutcher, Apa-Tight (sick producer) and himself. If you follow him on IG, you’ll see he is constantly banging out proper lovely beats on the regular, so I just wanted to big up his production which is consistently sick but also an selection of proper decent MC features. Hope you enjoy it

Broadcast on Itch.FM 09/02/20

Producer Special, Itch FMJames Trice15 April 2020Micall Parknsun, UK Hip-Hop, Homegrown Hip-HopComment

SAMPLE NATION 030 // JOE BUHDHA

Joe Buhdha’s work with Kyza, Klashnekoff and Rodney P in the early 2000s created sounds and styles that have continued to be imitated throughout the UK scene. Despite releasing very few songs, his work really has changed the UK sound and he’s created artist defining music that hasn’t been equaled since. I look forward to much more music from the man, but in the meantime here is two hours of his best work and a selection of new UK Hip-Hop for additional enjoyment

Broadcast 05/01/20

Itch FM, Producer SpecialJames Trice9 February 2020Joe Buhdha, UK Hip-Hop, Homegrown Hip-Hop, Original Samples, REUP, SN030Comment

SAMPLE NATION 028 // PETE ROCK

One of the select few legendary producers that really changed the face of Hip-Hop with his style and sample selection. The chops and samples were so unique for the time and his style has seeped into so much modern Hip-Hop that’s followed. Considering how influential he is, it’s so weird to see how little music he’s actually put out… Quality over quantity..

This show is two hours of classic bangers, b-sides, remixes, album cuts and original samples

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SAMPLE NATION 027 // Q-TIP PRODUCTION

One of the things that isn’t said enough is how great a producer Q-Tip is, obviously the Tribe stuff is incredible, but his work with Nas, Mobb Deep, and loads of others, all just nothing short of incredible (we’ll forget about the Anderson Paak stuff).. one of the first to bring jazz samples into the mainstream and really do something special with them, he always made the beat fit the artist.

This show is just a quick snapshot of some of his best work, mixed in with a load of new UK Hip-Hop from High Focus, Blah Records, Revorg Records and a really lovely new song by CLBRKS

Broadcast 08/12/2019 on Itch.FM

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SAMPLE NATION 023 // DJ PREMIER

2 hours of Preemo’s best production, from Gang Starr to Group Home and loads more in between

Broadcast 03/11/19 on Itch.FM

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SAMPLE NATION 018 // MARK B (RIP)

Broadcast 22/09/19 on Itch FM

2 Hours of classic production from Mark B, celebrating his craft and the many incredible Hip-Hop classics he helped create

Itch FM, Producer SpecialJames Trice21 January 2020Mark B, UK Hip-Hop, Original Samples, Tommy Evans, Blade, REUP, SN018Comment

SAMPLE NATION 008 // EVIL ED SPECIAL

Sample Nation 008: Broadcast Live 06/07/19

Celebrating the legendary UK Hip-Hop producer Evil Ed... 100% don!

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SAMPLE NATION 007 // MADLIB SPECIAL

Sample Nation 007: Broadcast Live 30/06/19

A selection of new and classic Home Grown UK Hip-Hop as standard

Unsung Hero: Madlib, a retrospective of some of his best production, some of it, he rapped over. All bangers

Sample Selection: Originals Samples from Madlib’s work spanning MF Doom to the more recent Freddie Gibbs colabs

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SAMPLE NATION 004 // P.U.T.S. // HARRY LOVE

Sample Nation 004: Broadcast Live 09/06/2019

A selection of new and classic Home Grown UK Hip-Hop as standard

Unsung Hero: Harry Love, a retrospective of some of his best work and celebration of the diversity of his production

Sample Selection: People Under The Stairs, celebrating 19 year since the release of “Question in the Form of an Answer” and 17 years since OST, you get to hear all the classic original sample and how they were flipped