{"id":4717,"date":"2022-07-09T18:19:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T23:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/?p=4717"},"modified":"2022-07-11T09:29:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T14:29:04","slug":"reboot-ronnie-foster-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/reboot-ronnie-foster-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebooting the Connection : A Conversation with Ronnie Foster (Part Two)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We continue (check out part one here<\/a>) our conversation with Ronnie Foster by discussing his classic, Two Headed Freap <\/em>(Blue Note, 1972). We then briefly discuss his production work, leading into Reboot<\/em> (Blue Note, 2022), his first album since 1986. With a deeper dive into Reboot<\/em> we also discuss a few of Foster’s friends and collaborators, including Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana, and even Foster’s children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PostGenre: We had left off talking about how \u201cChunky\u201d led Dr. George Butler to sign you to Blue Note. Of course, \u201cChunky\u201d ended up being the first song on Two Headed Freap<\/em>, which turned fifty this year. If anything, it seems the album becomes even more popular as time progresses. Especially due to how frequently other artists have sampled \u201cMystic Brew.\u201d Has the Two Headed Freap<\/em>\u2019s lasting power surprised you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronnie Foster: Yes, it\u2019s weird. I first found out that musicians were sampling “Mystic Brew” when one of the forefathers of acid jazz in the UK called me to ask if he could remix it. He told me he loved my music and mentioned that A Tribe Called Quest had already done something with the song. I was unaware of Tribe’s sample, so I went out and bought Midnight Marauders<\/em> (Jive, 1993) and listened to the song, \u201cElectric Relaxation.\u201d I realized that the group had not asked for permission to sample. In those early days of hip hop, it was common for people not to ask for permission to use a sample, but I still felt violated by them not asking. I reached out to Blue Note, and they got it all handled. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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