Make the Road by Walking
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| Studio album by Menahan Street Band | |
| Released | October 14, 2008 |
| Genre | Afrobeat, funk, jazz, soul |
| Label | Dunham Records |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Culturedeluxe | (8/10) |
Make the Road by Walking is the debut album by Brooklyn based group Menahan Street Band. It was released on October 14, 2008 through Dunham Records, a then-new subsidiary of Daptone Records. The album is named after a Brooklyn non-profit organization which is located around the corner from Menahan Street (on Grove Street), which promotes social and economic justice through advocacy and legal work.
The title song, "Make the Road by Walking", was sampled by Jay-Z on the track "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..." on his album American Gangster, which was named by Rolling Stone to be the No. 1 single of 2007.
The song "The Traitor" has been sampled by rappers Kid Cudi on his debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day, 50 Cent on his mixtape War Angel LP, and other, lesser-known rappers on various mixtapes.
"Tired of Fighting" was sampled on the tracks, "Faith" by California-based rapper, Kendrick Lamar and "Flying Iron" by New Orleans-based rapper Curren$y.
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