The Black Sheep - Flavor Of The Month - 7-INCH SINGLE [7 inch Vinyl Disc]

'Try Counting Sheep' was always a bit of a curio. For reasons best left in the dark, distant days of record tag meetings of the early 1990s, it only ever saw a UK and Europe , our US cousins having to do without it. A strange decision because, while it doesn't have the head-nod hummability of 'The Choice is Yours', the group's biggest hit, it perfectly captures their ramshackle charm coupled with a catchy hook.While Dres was a characterful and idiosyncratic MC, one thing that often goes uncelebrated about Black Sheep was their production nous. As on their other singles, they mine some familiar tracks but use the samples in original and creative ways. The Original Sheep LP Mix is a likeably meandering track that borrows bass from Jimi Hendrix and different bits of Rare Earth's '(I Know) I'm Losing You', with a real lightness of touch.As this was a UK - the original 7Inch of which now fetches around three figures - the tag drafted in UK producer The Principle for a remix. Best known for his work with Profile Records crew Caveman, he brings the same kind of propulsive organ track to the remix that underpins much of their best work. He adds in an instantly familiar drum break from 'Impeach the President' to drive a fine re-imagining that is very much of it's time.It's a record that can still summon the fun of a hip-hop club in 1991, and one that's no longer impossible to find on 7Inch. Album Tracks 1. Try Counting Sheep (Caveman Funky Organ/Short Cave Mix) 2. Try Counting Sheep (Original Sheep LP Mix)

Black Sheep ? and their 1991 ?A Wolf in Sheep?s Clothing? album - were definitely an outlier in the Native Tongues fold. They were raunchier and more playful than their peers which, given that those peers were A Tribe Called Quest, de la Soul and Jungle Brothers, is really saying something.?Strobelite Honey? catches that difference perfectly, leaning heavily on a pair of 1980 disco samples rather than the jazz of their brethren, and taking a somewhat less chivalrous approach to women. ?Strobelite?s slender but fun narrative sees rapper Dres up in the club and fooled by the lights ? approaching a girl he likes the look off but backing off when they reveal she?s not what he expected. Charmed, we?re sure.Dres and his partner Mr. Lawnge were always willing to push boundaries, and that extends to the often confusing labelling of the various remixes of this choice single. 12?s dropped with the ?No We Didn?t Mix?, ?Yes We Did Mix? and ?Maybe We Did Mix? (not to mention a separate 12? of House mixes).The last and best of these accompanied the original version on the now-rare 1991 7?, as it does here. The ?Maybe We Did Mix? adds urgent horns - almost like the buzzing of a bee - and a new beat to completely reconfigure the sound into something much more of it's era. It?s a reminder of when remixes were about much more than the same beat with different rappers. Album Tracks 1. Strobelite Honey (Maybe We Did Mix) 2. Strobelite Honey (The Original)

'7-inch single from 90's RAP Classics!! Japan Exclusive. Phrases like ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE? must have been sung along at parties by 90's heads at least once. The ultimate HIP HOP PARTY CLASSICS is now available on an official 7-inch! The rap that raises the tension to the max from the ominous bass line, the beat is still played at it's peak! Of course, SIDE B includes 'YES' which is being released on 7-inch for the first time! Album Tracks 1. A. the Choice Is Yours (Revisited) 2. B. Yes