Miles Davis - Doo-Bop

By 1991, Miles Davis was already deep into his late-period shift, pulling hip-hop production into his orbit with the same instinct that had led him through electric jazz decades earlier. These sessions with Easy Mo Bee, completed after his death, catch that move mid-process, the material left in a half-finished, slightly unstable state. 'The Doo-Bop Song' runs on a tight, SP-1200 drum pattern, kicks and snares hitting cleanly while chopped samples sit in sharp, looping fragments, Miles' trumpet cutting across in short, stinging phrases that bend and smear against the grid. 'Blow' leans heavier into funk, the bassline locked low while hi-hats flicker in loose, humanised bursts, and 'Chocolate Chip' layers smoother, more rounded loops, the trumpet drifting longer over the top, stretching phrases before snapping back into the beat.