KMD - What A Nigga Know - Remix Vocal (1994) sampled Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces Of A Man (1971)

Artist:  KMD
Song:  What A Nigga Know - Remix Vocal (featuring M.F. Grimm)
Year:  1994
Album:  What A Nigga Know 12-inch Single

This song was released in 1994 on a 12-inch Single and eventually wound up as bonus material on the Black Bastards album.

Artist:  Gil Scott-Heron
Song:  Pieces Of A Man
Year:  1971
Album:  Pieces Of A Man

My distant relative provided another great sample to Hip Hop.  KMD used the 4-bar loop starting at 2:15.

Young Zee - Toxic Waste (1996) sampled Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson - Delta Man (Where I'm Comin' From) (1977)

Artist:  Young Zee
Song:  Toxic Waste
Year:  1996
Album:  Musical Meltdown

Part of the appeal of this album is that it has a demo quality to it.  It was never officially released, so it came from a cassette.  This song starts the album off strong and features fellow Outsidaz member Loon One before Young Zee blesses the track with a style nobody has had before or since.  Respect to RGH for getting this to me when there wasn't a digital file, you had to have the cassette.

Artist:  Gil-Scott Heron and Brian Jackson
Song:  Delta Man (Where I'm Comin' From)
Year:  1977
Album:  Bridges

My distant relative supplied Young Zee with a two-bar loop starting at 0:30.

Masta Ace - I Did It (2012) sampled Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - We Almost Lost Detroit (1977)

Artist:  Masta Ace
Song:  I Did It
Year:  2012
Album:  MA_DOOM: Son Of Yvonne

This album is excellent.  Masta Ace used MF Doom Instrumentals (in this case, the song called "Camphor") for every track and rhymed on them.  This beat made good use of various sample pieces.

Artist:  Black Star
Song:  Brown Skin Lady
Year:  1998
Album:  Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star

I hope Mos Def and Talib Kweli make another Black Star album one day.  This beat is also well made from many sample pieces.

Artist:  Grand Puba
Song:  Keep On
Year:  1995
Album:  2000

This song takes me back to 1995.  There was so much good music that summer and fall.

Artist:  Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
Song:  We Almost Lost Detroit
Year:  1977
Album:  Bridges

More jazz niceness from my very distant relative, Gil Scott-Heron.

Masta Ace (really MF Doom) used the one-bar loop between 0:36 and 0:39 as the main loop.  The intro is the sample from 0:11.  There are two other samples scattered through the song.  Around the 0:44 mark of the Masta Ace song is the sample from 0:31.  Also, around the 1:17 mark of the Masta Ace song is the sample from 0:25.

Black Star have a great 2-bar loop made of various pieces.  The loop starts with one beat from 0:51.  Beats 2 through 5 use the sample from 0:29.  Beats 6, 7 and 8 come from 0:48.  Also, for much of the song, during beats 6, 7 and 8 there is another sample from 0:00.

Grand Puba put together a simpler 2-bar loop.  The first bar is from 0:00 and the second bar is from 0:04.

Lords Of The Underground - Lord Jazz Hit Me One Time (Make It Funky) (1993) sampled Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson - Peace Go With You, Brother (As-Salaam-Alaikum) (1974)

Artist:  Lords Of The Underground
Song:  Lord Jazz Hit Me One Time (Make It Funky)
Year:  1993
Album:  Here Come The Lords

My most vivid memory of Lords of the Underground was when the "Psycho" 12-inch single came out and on the cover, they misspelled their name as "Lords of the Undergound".  This album was full of videos and hits.

Artist:  Extra Prolific
Song:  Skimask & A Mic
Year:  1996
Album:  2 For 15

I've never met anyone who liked Extra Prolific as much as I do.  I remember that Duane "Snupe" Lee was in The Source magazine's unsigned hype as "the other Snoop" just after Snoop Doggy Dogg made waves.  When Snupe came out as part of Extra Prolific, I had never heard laid back vocals with a pimp vibe of jazz.  I wish he hadn't been removed from the Hieroglyphics crew.  This 2 for 15 album is extremely rare because it only came out on cassette.

Artist:  Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson
Song:  Peace Go With You, Brother (As-Salaam-Alaikum)
Year:  1974
Album:  Winter In America

Rest in peace to Gil Scott-Heron, he had an awesome poet's and singing voice.  I recently learned that through marriage, I was actually related to him.  I got some Heron's in the family tree!

Lords of the Underground created a 2-bar loop with the first 6 beats from 3:01 and the final 2 beats from 1:51.

 

Extra Prolific created a 4-bar loop with the first two bars from 4:00 and the next two bars from 3:12.