Da List: The Greatness of Roy Ayers

Da List: The Greatness of Roy Ayers

favorite Roy Ayers songs (performed or produced) and favorite samples

Dj Ragesouljah’s List

1. “Red, Black and Green” – Roy Ayers; X-Clan – “Raise the Flag”
2. “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” – Roy Ayers; Brand Nubian – “Wake Up (Reprise in the Sunshine)”
3. “Daylight” – Ramp; ATCQ – “Bonita Applebum”
4. “Symphonette” – David ‘Fathead’ Newman feat. Roy Ayers; Thug Life – “Don’t Get it Twisted”
5. “Slow Motion” – Roy Ayers; Digable Planets feat. Jeru – “Graffiti”
6. “Searching” – Roy Ayers; Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs – “Be a Father to Your Child
7. “Running Away” – Roy Ayers; ATCQ – “Description of a Fool”
8. “The Memory” – Roy Ayers; Spice 1 – “Face of a Desperate Man”
9. “Mystic Voyage” – Roy Ayers; Coolio – “Mama, I’m in Love (wit a gangsta)”
10. “Shining Symbol” – Roy Ayers; Casual – “Intro”

DoloMang top 10 Roy Ayers songs/samples

1. “Daylight” – sampled by A Tribe Called Quest in “Bonita Applebaum”
2. “Red Black and Green” – sampked by X-Clan in “Raise the Flag”
3. “Love” – sampled by Deee-Lite featuring. Bootsy Collins and Q-Tip in “Groove is in the Heart”
4. “Brawlin Broads” – sampled by Casual in “Thoughts of the Thoughtful”
5. “We Live in Brooklyn Baby” – sampled by Smiff n Wessun in “Home Sweet Home”
6. “Ebony Blaze” – sampled by Digable Planets in “For Corners”
7. “Shining Symbol” – sampled by Redman in “Creepin’”
8. “Black Family” – sampled by Jungle Brothers in “Acknowledge Your Own History”
9. “Searching” – sampled by Pete Rock & CL Smooth in “Searching”
10. “Brother Green (The Disco King)” – sampled by Schooly D in “Black Power

CLG’s Shout Outs

1. “Shining Symbol” – Creepin by Redman
2. “We live in Brooklyn” Home Sweet Home by Smif and Wesson and Our Time is now by RBX
3. “Red, Black and Green” used by XClan
4. “Everybody Loves The Sunshine” sample by Brand Nubian for Wake Up
5. “Searching”  used in Searching by Pete Rock And Cl Smooth