Before hip-hop MCs and vinyl-loving cratediggers got a hold of Cymande’s first two albums, the band had been buried under the sands of obscurity.
The British psychedelic funk outfit released their self-titled debut in 1972 and Second Time Around the following year. Then in the early ‘80s, DJs Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash deconstructed the music for backbeats. In 1989 De La Soul had sampled Cymande on 3 Feet High and Rising; and in the ‘90s EPMD, The KLF, MC Solaar and Heavy D were all doing the same.
