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Doo-Bop 
Studio album by Miles Davis Released June 30, 1992 Recorded January 19, 1991 — February, 1991 at Unique Recording Genre Jazz rap
Hip-hop
Jazz-funk
Acid jazzLength 40:02 Label Warner Bros.
26938Producer Easy Mo Bee Miles Davis chronology Dingo
(1991)Doo-Bop
(1992)Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux
(1993)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Doo-Bop was jazz innovator Miles Davis' final studio album, which would have marked the beginning of the artist's turn to hip-hop-oriented tracks. However, Davis died on September 28, 1991, at which time only six tunes for the album had been completed.[2] To finish off the album, producer Easy Mo Bee was asked to take some of the unreleased trumpet performances (stemming from what Davis called the RubberBand Session), and build tracks that Miles 'would have loved' around the recordings. The album's posthumous songs (as stated in the liner notes) are "High Speed Chase" and "Fantasy". A reprise of the song "Mystery" rounded out the album's nine-track length.[3]
The project stemmed from Davis sitting in his New York apartment in the summer with the windows open, listening to the sound of the streets. He wanted to record an album of music that captured these sounds. In early 1991, Davis called up his friend Russell Simmons and asked him to find some young producers who could help create this kind of music, leading to Davis' collaboration with Easy Mo Bee. The result of this collaboration, Doo-Bop, was released by Warner Bros. Records on June 30, 1992, and received mixed reviews. The album won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance.[4]
Contents
Track listing
All tracks composed by Miles Davis and Easy Mo Bee, except where indicated
Side one
- "Mystery"
- "The Doo Bop Song"
- contains samples from "Summer Madness" by Kool and the Gang and "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick
- "Chocolate Chip" (Davis, Easy Mo Bee, Donald Hepburn)
- contains samples from "Thanks For Everything" by Pleasure and "Bumpin' on Young Street" by Young-Holt Unlimited
- "High Speed Chase" (Davis, Easy Mo Bee, Larry Mizell)
- contains samples from "Street Lady" by Donald Byrd
Side two
- "Blow"
- contains samples from "Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose" by James Brown and "Runnin' Away" by Chocolate Milk
- "Sonya"
- "Fantasy"
- contains samples from "UFO" by ESG and "Love Pains" by Major Lance
- "Duke Booty"
- contains samples from "Jungle Strut" by Gene Ammons and "I'm Your Boogie Man" by KC & The Sunshine Band
- "Mystery (Reprise)"
External links
Categories:- 1992 albums
- Jazz-funk albums
- Jazz rap albums
- Miles Davis albums
- Albums produced by Easy Mo Bee
- Warner Bros. Records albums
- Albums published posthumously
- 1990s jazz album stubs
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