A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd - Total Confusion

Label:

Tam Tam / Savage Records

Catalog#:

TTT 031

Format:

Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM

Country:

Released:

1990

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Breakbeat, Hardcore

Tracklist

A	Total Confusion (Confusion Mix)	5:36
B1	Total Confusion (Heavenly Mix)	7:19
B2	Total Confusion (Reprise)	2:16

Credits

Producer, Mixed By - Rising High Collective, The*
Written-By - Pound* , Williams* , Winter*

Notes

Track A features the sample "Radio stations I question their blackness..." from Bring The Noise by Public Enemy.

Track B1 features the line "Hey, fool. / We're renegades of funk". The first part comes from the "Hey, fool. Wotcha say? C'mon." vocals previously used in Superfly Guy by S'Express while the second part comes from the outro to Renegades of Funk by Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force.

The shouting voice "Total Confusion" is sampled from Original Concept, a former hiphop band, and is taken from the song Total Confusion.

On the promo/test track B1 was called the 'Mellow Mix'

ⓟ © 1990 Tam Tam / Savage Records Ltd.

Barcode:- 5 017078 009564

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Rated 5/5

Review by barticle Jan 20, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)

Total Confusion is a proper underground rave classic from back in the day ...or rather it's two classics for the price of one! The Confusion Mix is the heavier version with a slammin' low-120's breakbeat, thrashy rave stabs and a cut-up shouted "total confusion!" sample. These are joined by the distinctive Native American stylee whoops, Chuck D's "radio stations..." sample and of course the relentless "c'mon feel the bass cos London's here!" rap.

It's the aptly-named Heavenly Mix that really does it for me though. This version simply takes the breakbeat and the gorgeous trance-line (from under the rap) from the A-side, punctuating them occasionally with the thrashy stabs, to make a superb track - proving the theory that "less is more". I don't know much music theory but whatever chord sequence they used on that trance riff makes it totally haunting and moving - it catches me every time. The middle two minutes of the track are a bit sparse but I can forgive HHFD for that, they put together an awesome single here.