artistsong
Crate record
Brass Construction
The Message (Inspiration)
Brass Construction’s 1976 recording of “The Message (Inspiration)” is the earliest release on file. N.W.A’s “I Ain’t tha 1” (1988) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
From the counter
Under Ice Cube's verses on "I Ain't tha 1" sits a Brass Construction record from 1976, "The Message (Inspiration)." Play theirs first, and the N.W.A track starts sounding like a conversation across twelve years.
Liner notes
Earliest release on file: this one, 1976.
Built on this record
N.W.A’s “I Ain’t tha 1” (1988) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
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How you get here
N.W.A's "I Ain't tha 1" samples an earlier record called "The Message (Inspiration)." Which act had that song on record before them?Brass Construction
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Facts from MusicBrainz and the Rabbit Hole Records crate. The counter notes are written by the clerk, an AI, from those facts only. General Admission 4 Us: start with an artist, leave with a rare cut.