For all my hip-hop fans, the keyboard intro (least the last minutes of it) was sampled by XScape for the song "Can't Hang".

Timmy84 said:

And Snoop Dogg's cousin Lil 1/2 Dead 4 his 96' rap remix

diamondpearl1 said:

Thanks, lol.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...ju_-qeBfOs

I forgot about "Can't Hang". That was one of the few songs I could tolerate from Xscape.

I know you picked this one just for me...and I approve.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Southern Fried soul.
I wonder why radio stations don't play I Got You.
That was one of their funkier jams outside of Runnin Away.
[Edited 5/28/09 21:11pm]

Just yesterday,I went to the record store and bought two of their CDs:

Live In New Orleans (1981)---I have it on vinyl already but I want the CD for a road trip I'm going on next month.I always play their music ALOT in the summer months."Running Away" is a summer anthem for me,lol.


We Are One (1983)---This was remastered in 2004 and I didn't even know about it! Better late than never,lol.One of their strongest albums.

SoulAlive said:

They reissued all of their cds in 04 (AGAIN) as remasters. I didn't get any of them because I refuse to buy another Maze cd without any new material coming out.

Love it.

"Running Away" is my favorite song from them. I love the live version of "The Look In Your Eyes" from that album. I don't have the whole album though. I borrowed the vinyl from a friend of mine and recorded it onto CD. The motherfucker only had one of the records though, he had lent the other record from that double-album set to someone else and they never gave it back.

I bet I know where you are headed to on your road trip.

phunkdaddy said:

Here's a question....Maybe it's just Columbia, SC but I wonder why every DJ in this city only play "Before I Let Go" as if Maze didn't have any other dancable songs? lol

I really didn't realize they had so many good songs until I saw they in concert. This song especially, I always forget about!

vainandy said:

You don't have the Live in New Orleans album?

Man, you don't know what you're missing. Get the vinyl because the cd is missing "You".

vainandy said:

I'm driving from Olive Branch, Missisippi (where my father lives) to Atlanta.GA (where my sister lives).I think it's a 6-hour drive,so I need lots of good music to play.Maze is perfect summertime music.

daPrettyman said:

Yeah,for some reason,the CD is an "abridged version" of the album.It's missing two songs: "You" and "Happy Feelin's".If they need more space,they should make a deluxe 2-CD edition.Add the two missing tracks plus any bonus tracks that are available.

diamondpearl1 said:

"Before I Let Go" is my second favorite song by Maze I remember in the summer of '81,"Running Away" and "Before I Let Go" were HUGE jams on the R&B stations.These songs remind of summertime.