Salt of the Earth (The Soul Searchers album) explained

Salt of the Earth
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Soul Searchers
Cover:	SaltOfTheEarth album.png
Released:	1974
Recorded:	1974
Studio:	American Star Studio, Falls Church, Virginia
Label:	Sussex
Prev Title:	We the People
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Bustin' Loose
Next Year:	1979

Salt of the Earth is the second album by the Washington, D.C.-based group The Soul Searchers.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Released in 1974, this album has become one of the most sampled albums in hip hop music with the drum break from "Ashley's Roachclip" being the basis of many popular songs of the past thirty years.^[3]

Track listing

Side A

1. "I Rolled It You Hold It" (John Buchanan) – 4:38
2. "Blow Your Whistle" (Maxx Kidd, Chuck Brown) – 3:01
3. "Close To You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 4:23
4. "Funk to the Folks" (John Buchanan) – 4:14

Side B

1. "Ain't It Heavy" (John Buchanan) – 5:58
2. "Windsong" (John Buchanan) – 5:00
3. "Ashley's Roachclip" (Lloyd Pinchback) – 5:36
4. "We Share" (Donald Tillery, John Buchanan) – 2:49
5. "If It Ain't Funky" (Chuck Brown) – 3:39

Personnel

The Soul Searchers

• Chuck Brown – electric guitar, lead vocals
• John "J.B." Buchanan – trombone, piano, synthesizer, percussion, vocals
• Donald Tillery – trumpet, percussion, vocals
• John Euwell – bass guitar
• Kenneth Scoggins – drums, percussion
• Lino Druitt – congas, bongos, percussion
• Lloyd Pinchback – flute, saxophone, percussion
• Bennie Braxton – organ, vocals

Technical

• Carl Overr - art direction
• Ed Mell - cover illustration

Samples

• Eric B. & Rakim sampled "Ashley's Roachclip" on their song "Paid In Full" on their album Paid In Full in 1987.
• LL Cool J sampled "Ashley's Roachclip" on his song "Jack The Ripper" on the B-Side of his 12" "Going Back to Cali" single in 1988.
• Run–D.M.C. sampled "Ashley's Roachclip" on their song "Run's House" on their album Tougher Than Leather in 1988.
• Public Enemy sampled "Blow Your Whistle" on their song "Who Stole the Soul?" on their album Fear of a Black Planet in 1990.
• 2Pac sampled "We Share" on his song "Old School" on his album Me Against the World in 1995.
• Eve sampled "Blow Your Whistle" on her song "Tambourine" on her single in 2007.
• Lloyd featuring Lil Wayne sampled "Ashley's Roachclip" on his song "Girls Around the World" on his album Lessons in Love in 2008.

External links

• Salt of the Earth at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Book: Thompson . Dave . Dave Thompson (author) . 2001 . Part Four: The New School . Funk: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion . 1st . . . 297–299 . 0-87930-629-7.
2. Book: Lornell . Kip . Stephenson, Jr. . Charles C. . 2001 . . . 252 . 0-8230-7727-6 .
3. From Go-Go’s Heyday to Today: One Musician’s Love Affair With D.C. Music . 2 December 2016 . The Kojo Nnamdi Show . Nnamdi . Kojo . Kojo Nnamdi . . February 14, 2014 . English.