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. 

EPMD - For My People (1990) sampled Lyn Collins - You Can't Love Me, If You Don't Respect Me (1975)

Artist:  EPMD
Song:  For My People
Year:  1990
Album:  Business As Usual

Best Hip Hop album ever?  Maybe.  Top 10 definitely.  I can't think of too many albums where every song is solid (I even like "Funky Piano").

Artist:  The Game
Song:  No More Fun And Games
Year:  2005
Album:  The Documentary

The Game rhymes over the same loop.

Artist:  Lyn Collins
Song:  You Can't Love Me, If You Don't Respect Me
Year:  1975
Album:  You Can't Love Me, If You Don't Respect Me 45-Single

Ice Cube had Yo-Yo and James Brown had Lyn Collins.  This is an interesting song because it sounds like some of the song is repeated.  Therefore, I will list both appearances of each sample.

 

The EPMD verse sample is the two bars from 1:25 and 3:39 (sounds identical to me).  The EPMD chorus is the one bar from 2:06 and 4:20.  Notice that each chorus sample is 41 seconds after each verse sample.

 

The Game had a more complex arrangement.  The verse sample is the same as EPMD, but occasionally there is a one bar sample from 0:28.  The "No More Fun And Games" sample is from 2:04 and 4:18.

EPMD - Rap Is Outta Control (1990) sampled Funkadelic - I Bet You (1970)

Artist:  EPMD
Song:  Rap Is Outta Control
Year:  1990
Album:  Business As Usual

Along with Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" and Public Enemy "Fight The Power", this song makes a strong case for the best Hip Hop song ever made.

Artist:  EPMD
Song:   Rap Is Still Outta Control
Year:   1999
Album:  Out Of Business

EPMD remade "You Gots To Chill" with "You Got's 2 Chill '97" so why not do the same here?

Artist:  Funkadelic
Song:  I Bet You
Year:  1970
Album:  Funkadelic

The main sample is a one-bar loop that starts at 2:54.  Another brief sample is heard at the beginning of "Rap Is Outta Control", right after you hear "Tom J in the house".  I suspect that this comes from the main sample but is slowed and processed.  Also note the sample at 0:11 that was also used by EPMD "Total Kaos" as well as Ice-T "Mind Over Matter" and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien "Dark Skin Girls".

Ice Cube - A Bird In The Hand (1991) sampled B.B. King - Chains And Things (1970)

Artist:  Ice Cube
Song:  A Bird In The Hand
Year:  1991
Album:  Death Certificate

I think that this album is Ice Cube's finest moment because it is the perfect blend of his N.W.A days with social consciousness.

Artist:  EPMD and Ice Cube
Song:  St. Ides Commercial
Year:  1991
Album:  Not Officially Released

This one is for my friend JOS, the guy who first exposed me to EPMD and Ice Cube.

Artist:  Big L
Song:  Once Again
Year:  2010
Album:  Return Of The Devils Son

Although 50 Cent "The Mechanic" and Prodigy "Money Is A Weapon" used the same sample in recent years, I wanted to highlight Big L because I still think he's one of the all-time great lyricists.

Artist:  B.B. King
Song:  Chains And Things
Year:  1970
Album:  Indianola Mississippi Seeds

Ice Cube used two samples for "A Bird In The Hand".  The first one is a two-bar loop that starts at 3:38 and the second is a one-bar loop that starts at 4:10.  The St. Ides commercial is essentially the same song.  Big L used the loop at 3:38 but extended the length of the sample to create a 4-bar loop.