Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Pure Essence

Still, I feel the deletion of the article and the redirection is a mistake. Sources for the this band from the 1970's is extremely difficult to point to as web links. Most were publications that either are out of print or failed to provide their information on line. My primary source from that era is the WEBN expose and compilation record in which Pure Essence's song "Third Rock" is listed. This establishes that the band was notable enough in Cincinnati to be played and distributed on a major radio station in the city in that time. The only other thing that can be used as a source was the fact that LA Reid was a member.

Most of the rest of Pure Essence's notability comes later and much more recent. The only recorded album by Pure Essence, a two song LP, was discovered and "Third Rock" was used for a sample by well know DJ RJD2 who sampled the song for his song "Clean Living" from the album Since we Last Spoke in 2004. This caught the attention of a producer at Stones Throw Records who then located the song's creator, Steven "Tuck" Walters, who was Pure Essence's founder. With this producer's help, RJD2, via Def Jux Records, agreed to pay royalties for the sample and Pure Essence's two song LP was given a new contract by Now and Again, a division of Stones Throw Records that distributes classic soul and funk music.

Since then "Third Rock" has been featured on many major releases of compilation albums, used in movies and even a video game:

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