Artist: Casual Song: Later On (LP Version) Year: 1994 Album: A Low Down Dirty Shame OST
This song appeared on the soundtrack for the movie "A Low Down Dirty Shame" but I had the 12-inch single with Souls Of Mischief "Get The Girl, Grab The Money & Run" and Extra Prolific "In Front Of The Kids". All three songs were on the movie soundtrack.
Artist: Omniscence Song: Indeed Year: 2014 Album: The God Hour
Omniscence was one of those lyrical punchline guys from the 1990's whose eagerly anticipated album was shelved. I heard the album years ago but it was released recently on a high quality version. This song appears on an EP from late last year and he still delivers the goods as if 20 years haven't passed.
Artist: Herbie Hancock Song: Trust Me Year: 1979 Album: Feets Don't Fail Me Now
Herbie Hancock was sampled for Casual's 2-bar baseline starting at 1:59. Another 2-bar sample from 3:15 is heard during the chorus.
Omniscence sampled the 4-bar loop starting at 1:48.
Artist: Masta Ace Incorporated Song: People In My Hood Year: 1995 Album: Sittin' On Chrome
Is Masta Ace the best Emcee of all time? A case can be made to give him a spot in the Top 5, especially when you consider his longevity and success.
Artist: Smoovth Song: Happiness Year: 2010 Album: Little Boy Blue
A Representative Sample reader put me on to this song and inspired this post. Check out this gem.
Artist: Al Green Song: Home Again Year: 1975 Album: Livin' For You
The Al Green catalog is huge and it should come as no surprise that I am still learning about samples from his records.
Masta Ace used the one-bar loop from 0:09 and occasionally used the one-bar from 1:09.
The Smoovth song is a masterful chopping job with too many samples to list. The intro used a short sample from 1:28. The main part of the song used samples from 1:12 to 1:30 and the end of the song used a sample from 0:56 to 0:59 with some other pieces.
DJ Premier produced this track. Gang Starr liked this Ohio Players album because other songs were sampled for Group Home "So Called Friends" and Gang Starr "Doe In Advance". Guru Rest In Peace!
Artist: John Robinson Song: There She Goes Year: 2008 Album: Who Is This Man
I wish there was more jazz in Hip Hop. This whole album is produced by MF Doom.
Artist: All Natural Song: 50 Years Year: 1998 Album: No Additives, No Preservatives
I slept on these guys back in the 90s. I'm only catching up now.
Artist: The UMC's Song: It's Gonna Last Year: 1991 Album: Fruits Of Nature
Many dismissed these guys back in 1991 but I was a big fan of their jazzy productions.
Artist: Ramsey Lewis Song: Julia Year: 1968 Album: Mother Nature's Son
More Cadet goodness.
John Robinson used the sample at 0:00 for the intro. The verse combines two bars starting at 0:29 with two bars starting at 0:23. Sometimes the combination changes to the two bars starting at 0:29 with the two bars starting at 0:34.
All Natural used a similar loop to John Robinson, but most of the time you hear the four-bar loop at 2:15.
Finally, The UMC's used a one-bar loop from 1:22 but added samples from 1:15 and 1:20.
Artist: The A.L.L.I.E.S. Song: Tell Me Where (Can I Go) Year: 2005 Album: 9th Wonder Presents The A.L.L.I.E.S.
This beat blew my mind the first time I heard it. 9th Wonder knows how to get the most out of a sample.
Artist: Freedom Writers Song: Where Can I Go Year: 2013 Album: NOW
Toronto is a city of solo artists but this may be the city's best group. The crew includes Tona, Theology 3, Adam Bomb, Frankie Payne, Progress and Big Sproxx
Artist: Raekwon (featuring Rick Ross and Ghostface Killah) Song: Revory (Wraith) Year: 2015 Album: Fly International Luxurious Art
Raekwon and Ghostface Killah on this sample? That's all I need to know.
Artist: Marlena Shaw Song: Where Can I Go Year: 1969 Album: The Spice Of Life
I should have figured this sample was on the Cadet label, always a great source of samples.
The A.L.L.I.E.S. used the four-bar loop starting at 0:00. Freedom Writers used the same loop.
Raekwon put together different combinations of the 1 bar at 0:00 and the 1 bar at 0:03. Also, the singing comes from 1:51 to 2:02.
I used to think that Sauce Money was going to be a superstar, but unfortunately, he didn't make as large of a dent in Hip Hop as I thought he would. This album is not as good as I would have expected, but there are some great songs on it, including this one.
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Artist: Quincy Jones Song: Threadbare (Main Title Part III), Aftermath Year: 1966 Album: The Slender Thread (Original Motion Picture Score)
Two different songs on the same soundtrack were sampled to create Sauce Money's song. The first song below is "Threadbare (Main Title Part III)" and the next one is "Aftermath". Both samples appear at the very beginning of each song.
An excellent choice for any movie, put F.T. in your next OST.
Artist: Brand Nubian Song: Meaning Of The 5% Year: 1992 Album: In God We Trust
Even though Grand Puba left the group for this album, Lord Jamar, Sadat X and DJ Sincere made a classic.
Artist: Marvin Gaye Song: "T" Stands For Trouble Year: 1972 Album: Trouble Man Motion Picture Soundtrack
Anything by Marvin Gaye has potential to sample.
F.T. used the samples between 0:21 and 0:25. Brand Nubian used the one-bar loop at 3:43 for the intro and the one-bar loop at 1:03 for the main part of the song.
Artist: Double XX Posse Song: Not Gonna Be Able To Do It Year: 1992 Album: Put Ya Boots On
This is a rare album in 2015, but back in 1992 it was all over college radio.
Artist: Buster Williams Song: Batuki Year: 1975 Album: Pinnacle
I still miss the days when Hip Hop had a strong jazz influence.
All of the elements of the one-bar loop appear between 0:01 and 0:03. The pieces were spaced out nicely to fit in a 4/4 time. One of the samples repeats, once at a higher pitch and then immediately at a lower pitch.
The Ghostface instrumental first appeared on J Dilla "Donuts", the instrumental album.
Artist: The Three Degrees Song: Maybe Year: 1970 Album: Maybe
The original song is great because it starts with a story before moving into song.
Ghostface and J Dilla both start with the sample from 1:43 to 2:00. The loop during the song is made up of chopped pieces from 1:48, 0:05, 0:07, 0:10 and 0:11.
This song proves that any loop lifted from Jimmy Ponder's "Jennifer" will sound good.
Artist: Jimmy Ponder Song: Jennifer Year: 1976 Album: Illusions
A song full of samples, I have enjoyed listening to this for over 20 years.
The Common sample is a two-bar loop at 2:38. Occasionally, the sample at 2:45 comes in for a bar and then the short sample from 2:42 plays before going back to the main loop.
Artist: Choclair Song: Back Where I've Stayed Year: 2003 Album: Not Officially Released
The version of this song that appears on the Flagrant album is not the one that Torontonians know and love. This original version was produced by Tone Mason and received a lot of local radio play.
Artist: C-Rayz Walz Song: The Art Of Energy Year: 2009 Album: Who The F%@k Are You?
Here's a more recent song that stayed true to the same sample.
Artist: Michael Jackson Song: I Wanna Be Where You Are Year: 1971 Album: Got To Be There
The Choclair sample is a two-bar loop from 0:00. Four bars of singing from 0:33 were also used in the chorus.
C-Rayz Walz used the same two-bars from 0:00 but repeats the first bar multiple times before using the second bar.
Artist: Tone Mason (featuring Brassmunk, G Stokes and Graph Nobel) Song: The Throwback Year: 2004 Album: Not Officially Released
This song received a lot of radio play in Toronto back in 2004.
Artist: J Dilla (featuring Pharoahe Monch) Song: Love Year: 2006 Album: The Shining
February always marks J Dilla's passing, so this song was just on the radio.
Artist: The Impressions Song: We Must Be In Love Year: 1970 Album: Check Out Your Mind!
The Tone Mason sample is the easy one. It's the two-bar loop at 0:04. The loop is extended by another two bars for the introduction. The J Dilla song is harder to break down. The chorus is the two-bar sample at 1:52. The rest of the song uses chopped pieces. The easiest one to hear is the one-bar sample at 1:50 which is heard during the verses.
Artist: Hassaan Mackey Song: War Year: 2007, 2014 Album: Soul For Sale, That Grit
I remember seeing a Youtube video years ago of Kev Brown taking an Eddie Floyd record, chopping up the sample and starting to rhyme on it. I was pleased to find out that it became a Kev Brown produced song by Hassaan Mackey released in 2007 and re-released in 2014.
Artist: Eddie Floyd Song: Whatcha Gonna Do With My Heart Year: 1973 Album: Baby Lay Your Head Down
The sample is a 4-bar loop made up of various pieces. Bar 1 is the four beats starting at 0:00. Bar 2 has the 3 beats from 0:05 and 1 beat from 0:09. Bar 3 is 3 beats from 0:15 then 1 beat from 0:00. Bar 4 is the same as bar 2.
Artist: Mobb Deep Song: Keepin' It Real Year: 1994 Album: The Infamous Demo Tape
Honorary mentions to "Hazardous" by Godfather Don and "Can't Stop Rockin' (Tribute) (Goldfinger's Remix)" by Jemini The Gifted One, but I want to highlight those who sampled this song the best. Imagine if this song had made it on to The Infamous album? Perfection might have been even better. Excuse the sound quality, it's from their demo cassette.
Artist: Termanology (featuring Skyzoo, Torae and Reks) Song: Get Away Year: 2014 Album: Shut Up And Rap
This is the song that inspired the blog post. I was listening to this for the past 2 months constantly. Termanology has a good ear for music to put his killer flow on. This song has a good video as well.
Artist: Rapper Big Pooh Song: My Mind Year: 2005 Album: Sleepers
Sleepers is a classic album, in part because of this song.
Speaking of classic albums, this song uses a different sample, a one-bar loop that could repeat forever and still sound good.
Artist: Bob James Song: Feel Like Making Love Year: 1974 Album: One
I don't even know where to start with this album, it has been sampled hundreds of times. I still remember the first time I heard this record back in Hip Hop's golden era. The Mobb Deep and Termanology sample is the four-bar loop from 0:00. The Rapper Big Pooh sample appears at 4:11. The Main Source loop is the one bar at 1:16.
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