Saturday, November 29, 2014

Extra Prolific - Searching (1996) sampled Isaac Hayes - You're In My Arms Again (1974)

Artist:  Extra Prolific
Song:  Searching
Year:  1996
Album:  2 For 15



Hey Snupe, you should be honoured that I selected you for the 100th post on this blog.  Another selection from one of my favourite albums.  Extra Prolific had a knack for great samples. 




Artist:  Isaac Hayes
Song:  You're In My Arms Again
Year:  1974
Album:  Truck Turner OST



The great thing about this sample is that the original song is in 3/4 time but the Hip Hop song is in 4/4 time.  This means that a beat gets repeated twice to expand the length of the sample.  Most of the song uses the sample from 0:22.  The sample starting at 0:33 is used as well to change things up. 

Monday, November 17, 2014

Hurricane G - Milky (1991) sampled Barbara Mason - Give Me Your Love (1972)

Artist:  Hurricane G
Song:  Milky
Year:  1991
Album:  Not Officially Released



I didn't hear this song until years later, but it would have increased my Hit Squad devotion.  I always wished that Hurricane G and Knucklehedz dropped official albums in early 1993 to continue the momentum that Hit Squad built up throughout 1992.  Sadly, this song didn't make the Hurricane G album that surfaced in 1997.  Check out the Erick Sermon and Redman verse at the end of this song.




Artist:  EPMD
Song:  Can't Hear Nothing But The Music
Year:  1992
Album:  Business Never Personal



Maybe this tune was created because Erick Sermon had to let most of us hear this sample. 




Artist:  Barbara Mason
Song:  Give Me Your Love
Year:  1972
Album:  Give Me Your Love



This song is another version of the one I know from Curtis Mayfield on the Super Fly OST.  The two-bar loop starting at 0:00 is heard in the chorus for Hurricane G and EPMD.