Add 'The Easiest Way to Fall' and 'Classic Rap Break'

album/homestuck-vol-2.yaml

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/upward-movement-dave-owns-3
 - https://youtu.be/j6UiUu_7LVc
 Referenced Tracks:
-- track:amen-brother
+- Classic Rap Break
 Sheet Music Files:
 - Title: Sheet music by BRPXQZME
   Files:
@@ -113,8 +113,19 @@ MIDI Project Files:
   Files:
   - 'Upward Movement (Dave Owns) - Unknown B.mid'
 Commentary: |-
-    <i>Quasar Nebula:</i>
+    <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor)
+
     Andrew Huo's edits aren't described more specifically, nor credited on Bandcamp; this credit is pulled from [the original MSPA sound credits](https://web.archive.org/web/20100210001701/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/soundcredits.html). It was removed sometime between [June 12, 2012](https://web.archive.org/web/20120621202058/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/soundcredits.html) and [August 5, 2012](https://web.archive.org/web/20120805031705/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/soundcredits.html), when the sound credits were updated with proper links back to Bandcamp.
+
+    <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor)
+
+    For seven or more years (dating through [NSND](https://homestuck.net/music/references.html) between [January 2016](https://web.archive.org/web/20160107183210/http://xzazupsilon.webs.com/nsnd.html) and [May 2017](https://web.archive.org/web/20160107183210/http://xzazupsilon.webs.com/nsnd.html)), this track was considered to reference/sample the "amen break", a broadly used and much-enjoyed drum loop from [[track:amen-brother]].
+
+    Around [[date:July 27 2016]], [[artist:makin]] contacted Kalibration asking about this track; Kali shared that it features [[track:classic-rap-break|"Classic Rap Break"]]. This was an exciting day!
+
+    <img src="media/misc/classic-rap-break-find.png" width="450">
+
+    NSND continued, however, to list Amen, Brother as the sampled track, and this was carried into the Homestuck Music Wiki. Then, in May 2024, Makin flagged that Upward Movement samples [[track:the-easiest-way-to-fall]], not Amen, Brother (courtesy of [a thread by /u/E-Rulz on /r/homestuck](https://www.reddit.com/r/homestuck/comments/12e211q/i_found_the_upward_movement_drums_at_007/)), and [[artist:pascal-van-den-bos|Pascal]] shared a comment about Classic Rap Break. Both sample sources were added to the wiki, and Upward Movement (and related tracks) were updated.
 ---
 Track: Vagabounce
 Bandcamp Track ID: 1386305018

album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml

@@ -23754,6 +23754,58 @@ Lyrics: |-
     'Cause I have seen many worlds, for what it's worth
     But I'll never see again the planet Earth, my Earth
 ---
+Track: The Easiest Way to Fall
+Duration: '2:23'
+Artists:
+- Freda Payne
+URLs:
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4mVUuw_8Hk
+Lyrics: |-
+    The easiest way to fall is lean on someone you love
+    The easiest way to fall is lean on someone you love
+
+    We used to drink from the loving cup
+    Now that cup is shattered and I've given up
+    I see the fragments where love used to stand
+    I used to gather roses, now there's thorns in my hand
+
+    Without your strength I waste away
+    (Without your strength I waste away)
+    From hand to hand, from man to man
+    (From hand to hand, from man to man)
+    You taught me
+
+    The easiest way to fall is lean on someone you love
+    The easiest way to fall is lean on someone you love
+    The easiest way to fall is lean on someone you love
+    The easiest way to fall is lean on someone you love
+
+    I gave my love, my one and only gift
+    Oh, but when your love faded, my soul began to drift
+    No longer am I like a tree standing tall
+    'Cause when you cut me down that day, I lost it all
+
+    You were the captain of my ship
+    (You were the captain of my ship)
+    Now I'm lost out at sea without you, without me
+    (Now I'm lost out at sea without you)
+    You taught me
+
+    The easiest way to fall is lean on someone you love
+    The easiest way to fall is lean on someone you love
+    The easiest way to fall is lean on someone you love
+    The easiest way to fall is lean on someone you love
+
+    The easiest way to fall is lean on someone you love
+    The easiest way to fall is lean on someone you love
+    The easiest way to fall is lean on someone you love...
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor)
+
+    Duration is pulled from the 1970 7" vinyl, "Band of Gold / The Easiest Way to Fall", as entered on [Rate Your Music](https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/freda-payne/band-of-gold-the-easiest-way-to-fall/) by user [tkmallon](https://rateyourmusic.com/~tkmallon).
+
+    This track is notably sampled by [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns]] through a drum loop known as [[track:classic-rap-break|"Classic Rap Break"]].
+---
 Track: Echobo
 Duration: '3:13'
 Artists:
@@ -45282,6 +45334,26 @@ Commentary: |-
 
     I cut it up to make it a better evil laugh
 ---
+Track: Classic Rap Break
+Duration: '0:03'
+Artists:
+- Unknown Artist
+Sampled Tracks:
+- The Easiest Way to Fall
+URLs:
+- https://free-loops.com/4121-classic-rap-break.html
+- https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/archive/Classic%20Rap%20Break.wav
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor)
+
+    This drum loop is best known (in Homestuck music) for being sampled by [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns]]. Anytime another track uses the same drum loop as in Upward Movement, we point the reference to this "track".
+
+    The name "Classic Rap Break" appears to originate from the website [Free-Loops.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20110114033450/https://free-loops.com/4121-classic-rap-break.html), sometime between [May 2007](https://web.archive.org/web/20070702062137/http://free-loops.com/free-loops.php) (when the site started) and [October 2009](https://web.archive.org/web/20150109075224/https://dight310.byu.edu/media/audio/FreeLoops.com/2/2/). Without a clue where the sample came from, Free-Loops.com listed the track for personal use only. (Upward Movement itself was included on [[album:homestuck-vol-2]] in December 2009.)
+
+    In July 2016, [[artist:makin]] contacted [[artist:kalibration]] (who composed Upward Movement) on SoundCloud and asked about the sample in Upward Movement. Kali shared a link to a file titled "upward movement break aka classic rap break.wav", confirming Upward Movement samples this particular drum loop.
+
+    In April 2023, /u/E-Rulz [shared on /r/homestuck](https://www.reddit.com/r/homestuck/comments/12e211q/i_found_the_upward_movement_drums_at_007/) that the Upward Movement drum loop originated from a 1970 track by Freda Payne, [[track:the-easiest-way-to-fall]]. And in May 2024, Upward Movement (and other tracks sampling its loop) were updated on the music wiki to point to Classic Rap Break.
+---
 Track: Disney Bootlegs - JonTron
 # Specifically, the Circle of Life mini-cover
 Artists:

artists.yaml

@@ -3887,6 +3887,8 @@ Artist: Frank Sinatra
 ---
 Artist: Franz Xaver Gruber
 ---
+Artist: Freda Payne
+---
 Artist: Free!
 ---
 Artist: Freshy Kanal

static-page/changelog.yaml

@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ Style: |-
         margin-bottom: 0.5em;
     }
 Content: |-
+    <h2 id="1-jan-2099" class="major-release"><html:a href="#1-jan-2099">[[date:1 January 2099]] - Anachronist's Library</a></h2>
+    <h3>site changes</h3>
+    <h3>album additions</h3>
+    <h3>other additions</h3>
+    <h3>data fixes</h3>
+
     <h2 id="12-jun-2024" class="major-release"><html:a href="#12-jun-2024">[[date:12 June 2024]] - Snow Pollen Appreciation Station</a></h2>
     (news entry: [[news-entry:snow-pollen-appreciation-station]])
     <h3>site changes</h3>