Ghostface Killah - Beauty Jackson (2006) sampled The Three Degrees - Maybe (1970)

Artist:  Ghostface Killah
Song:  Beauty Jackson
Year:  2006
Album:  Fishscale

One of many gems from a great Ghostface album.

Artist:  J Dilla (Jay Dee)
Song:  Hi.
Year:  2005
Album:  Donuts

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.

Neek The Exotic - Comin' In Piles (Extended Version) (2013) sampled Dorothy Ashby - Drink (1970)

Artist:  Neek The Exotic
Song:  Comin' In Piles (Extended Version featuring B-1 and Mayhem Lauren)
Year:  2013
Album:  Hustle Don't Stop

This was one of my favourite albums from last year because it took me back to the 1992 Hip Hop sound.

Artist:  Ghostface Killah
Song:  Clips
Year:  2008
Album:  The Wallabee Champ

Ghostface Killah has a great ear for music, he always rhymes over the best breaks.

Artist:  Dorothy Ashby
Song:  Drink
Year:  1970
Album:  The Rubaiyat Of Dorothy Ashby

I liked this album so much, I went out and bought its inspiration, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.  He was a poet who liked to write about the pleasures of the grape.  He liked his wine.

 

Neek The Exotic used the one-bar loop from 0:02 and repeated it three times and then followed it with the one-bar sample from 0:05.  Ghostface Killah used the same two samples but also threw in the "Yesterday....." sample from 0:13.

Ghostface Killah and Apollo Brown - Enemies All Around Me (2013) sampled Arthur Verocai - Dedicada A Ela (1972)

Artist:  Ghostface Killah and Apollo Brown
Song:  Enemies All Around Me
Year:  2013
Album:  Twelve Reasons To Die: The Brown Tape

That's a nice fencing mask.  I really liked the original version of "Twelve Reasons To Die" and then this remix album was even better. 

Artist:  Statik Selektah (featuring Action Bronson, Joey Badass and Mike Posner)
Song:  The Spark
Year:  2013
Album:  Extended Play

Another great 2013 album, full of nice beats and diverse Emcees.

Artist:  Curren$y and Young Roddy
Song:  Can't Get Out
Year:  2012
Album:  Spitta Andretti - 3 Piece Set / A Closed Session

This EP flew under the radar a bit, but this song made me remember it.

Artist:  Arthur Verocai
Song:  Dedicada A Ela
Year:  1972
Album:  Arthur Verocai

Get this album immediately, an example of the fact there is a lot of good music from Brazil.  This record is full of samples.

 

The Ghostface Killah song starts with the 8-bar sample starting at 0:16 and also uses the 2-bar loop from 0:00.

 

Statik Selektah's starts with the sample at 1:10 which appears again in the song.  The verses use the samples from 1:20 and 1:28.

 

Curren$y and Young Roddy begin with the sample from 0:00 then the 8-bar loop from 0:16.  The 4-bar loop from 0:48 is also used.  The song ends with the 20 bars (yes, 20 bars) starting at 1:20.

Ghostface Killah - Miguel Sanchez (2006) sampled Earth Wind and Fire - Love is Life (1971)

Artist:  Ghostface Killah
Song:  Miguel Sanchez
Year:  2006
Album:  More Fish

When I heard the first verse on the original Wu-Tang album, I had no idea that Ghostface Killah would become the Clan emcee I respect the most.  I always thought his laser-beam vocals sounded great on certain types of tracks, and this would have been one of them.  Unfortunately, he doesn't rhyme on this song.  There are 3 musical elements sampled from Earth Wind and Fire, the main loop and two vocal samples.  It should also be noted that this song was the one that gave me enough motivation to start this blog.

Artist:  Earth Wind and Fire
Song:  Love Is Life
Year:  1971
Album:  Earth Wind and Fire

This is a great track and a great album.  It's far from obscure but it's not exactly "Impeach the President" or "Atomic Dog".  This blog will attempt to showcase samples that are either relatively unknown or too good not to post.  Listen to this track at around the 2:42 mark and you can hear the main loop for the Ghostface Song.  At 2:48 is one of the singing samples - "Yeah, Yeah" (Ghostface uses these samples at the 0:03, 1:08 and 2:14 marks).  At 3:17 is the other singing sample - "Oooooooh" (appears on Miguel Sanchez at the 0:38 and 1:44 marks).