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.
