I was 10 when this came out. By then I was already a huge hip-hop fan. Not the type who had all the tapes but the type who knew he was in love. My mom bought this and we were dead broke. But she always had the ear for the good shit. She put me on to Miles Davis, B52s, Steely Dan, Robert Cray and Sade. I love her for that and everything else she did for us.
The very first Miles Davis song I heard, I was 12 and my brother had the cassette. All I could think was that this is the coolest track ever... really was ahead of its time
Miles forever
You can actually hear right at 1:20 Miles is directing the groove to another chord, but since the background is programmed, nobody is there is respond. So we stay in one key. The line that starts the move begins at 1:16. He seems a bit abandoned in a way.
Despite my son being autistic he is four and all we listen to is jazz , classical and afro-carribean and of course the blues and its distant cousin R&B.. He has been able to point out all the instruments being played during one session since he was two yrs old. Its starts at home; and no better way to evoke creativity than music. So why not start with the very best ,Miles Davis!!