Maestro Fresh Wes - Another Funky Break (From My Pap's Crate) (1992) sampled The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Hummin' (1970)

Artist:  Maestro Fresh Wes
Song:  Another Funky Break (From My Pap's Crate)
Year:  1992
Album:  Maestro Zone

I recently had the honour of meeting Maestro Fresh Wes and the guy is a class act.  One of the most underrated lyricists, period.  Before Jay-Z, Nas, Biggie and others, this guy was at the top of the game.

Artist:  Da King & I
Song:  This Is How We Do
Year:  1993
Album:  Contemporary Jeep Music

Every song on this album could wind up on this blog. 

Artist:  3rd Bass
Song:  Green Eggs And Swine
Year:  1991
Album:  Derelicts Of Dialect

The summer of 1991 was non-stop 3rd Bass in my neighbourhood. 

Artist:  The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Song:  Hummin'
Year:  1970
Album:  Country Preacher - "Live" At Operation Breadbasket

I still like Jazz as my foundation for Hip Hop.  Maestro Fresh Wes used the horns at 1:22 for his chorus.  Da King & I used the same sample.  3rd Bass used the one-bar loop from 0:03 for their song and added the four bars of horns from 0:11.

Main Source - Time (Alternative Mix) (1993 ?) sampled Roy Ayers - Gotta Find A Lover (1977)

Artist:  Main Source
Song:  Time (Alternative Mix)
Year:  1993 (?)
Album:  The Science (Not Officially Released)

I first heard this song years ago when K-Cut appeared on a local Toronto radio show promising to unearth old music from "The Science", the unreleased second Main Source album.  I thought it was a terrible shame that this album didn't get fully made because it would have been an all-time classic.  Forgive the sound quality.

Artist:  Trends Of Culture
Song:  Let Tha Big Boyz Play
Year:  1993
Album:  Trendz...

If you were listening to Hip Hop every day in 1993, these guys were known at the time for the "Off And On" remix with Lord Finesse.  I still like the album tracks as well. 

Artist:  Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Song:  Gotta Find A Lover
Year:  1977
Album:  Lifeline

Another great sample from Roy Ayers.  Main Source created a two-bar loop using one bar from 0:00 and joining it to another bar at 0:10.  Trends Of Culture didn't actually sample the song but instead played their own interpretation of the same loop.