Distant Land
Madlib * Track #3 On Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note
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Album Shades of Blue: Madlib Invades Blue Note
- #1Introduction
Madlib
- #2Slim’s Return
Madlib & Ahmad Miller & DJ Lord Such
- #3Distant Land
Madlib
- #4Mystic Bounce
Madlib
- #5Stormy
Morgan Adams Quartet Plus Two
- #6Blue Note Interlude
Madlib
- #7Please Set Me at Ease
Madlib & M.E.D.
- #8Funky Blue Note
Morgan Adams Quartet Plus Two & Malcolm Catto
- #9Alfred Lion Interlude
Madlib
- #10Stepping Into Tomorrow
Madlib
- #11Andrew Hill Break
Madlib
- #12Montara
Madlib & DJ Lord Such
- #13Song for My Father
Sound Directions
- #14Footprints
Yesterdays New Quintet
- #15Peace / Dolphin Dance
Joe McDuphrey Experience
- #16
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Distant Land by Madlib
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Donald ByrdAbout
The instrumental portions of this track samples Distant Land by Donald Byrd and Dead by Cresa Watson. Vocals supplied by sampled of hip-hop artists Common and Big L.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XorpVQg-c2g
Distant Land Lyrics
[Common]
"It's real– music, from the soul, y'all
Yeah, check"
"Yeah"
[Big L]
"Yeah-yeah– holding it down, baby– for life"
"Come on, come on"
Distant Land Q&A
Who wrote Distant Land's ?
Distant Land was written by Donald Byrd.
Who produced Distant Land's ?
Distant Land was produced by Madlib.
When did Madlib release Distant Land?
Madlib released Distant Land on Tue Jun 24 2003.
How did Madlib sample the unreleased Donald Byrd’s track?
Donald Byrd’s “Distant Land” comes from the Black Byrd recording session in the 70’s, but wasn’t released then.
In 2003 Blue Note Records gave this composition to Madlib for his Shades of Blue, and also the original track was published on Blue Notes’s compilation Untinted.