Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Check It Out (1994) sampled Young-Holt Unlimited - Bumpin' On Young Street (1973)

Artist:  Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Song:  Check It Out
Year:  1994
Album:  The Main Ingredient

I think this is a great album but what's really funny to me is how almost every track contains a sample of Biz Markie or Big Daddy Kane.

Artist:  Da King & I
Song:  What's Up Doc
Year:  1993
Album:  Contemporary Jeep Music

I have to mention that these guys used a different sample from the same song and did it earlier than Pete Rock.  93 Flava!

Artist:  Young-Holt Unlimited
Song:  Bumpin' On Young Street
Year:  1973
Album:  Oh Girl

I still remember in the late 1990's walking into Cosmos Records on Queen Street in Toronto and hearing this song.  I quickly asked what it was.  The Toronto version of this song would be "Bumpin' On Yonge Street".  The Da King & I sample occurs at 1:48 and the Pete Rock sample at 1:57.

The Fab 5 - Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka Part 2 (Radio) (1996) sampled Catalyst - Uzuri (1973)

Artist:  The Fab 5 (Heltah Skeltah & Originoo Gunn Clappaz)
Song:  Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka Part 2 (Radio)
Year:  1996
Album:  Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka b/w Lettha Brainz Blo 12-inch Single

I want to remind the world and myself that Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka had a Part 2. This song uses the featured sample only in a few places (0:19, 1:37, 2:18, 3:21 and 4:05).

Artist:  The Fab 5 (Heltah Skeltah & Originoo Gunn Clappaz)
Song:   Leflah
Year:   1995
Album:  Blah b/w Leflah 12-inch Single

This song was released as "Leflah" on a 12-inch single and was later released as "Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka" on Heltah Skeltah's "Nocturnal" LP.

Artist:  Bahamadia
Song:   Spontaneity
Year:   1996
Album:  Kollage

Bahamadia also rhymed over this sample.

Artist:  Catalyst
Song:  Uzuri
Year:  1973
Album:  Perception

This is the type of song that reminds me why I love jazz.  As the main sample, Leflah used the 2-bar loop that starts at 0:11 and occasionally you can hear the noise from 0:00 (0:52 or 1:34 in Leflah).  Leflaur Leflah Eshkoska Part 2 (Radio) uses the second half of the 0:11 sample in a few places and then uses the whole sample towards the end of the song.  Bahamadia's verses also use the sample from 0:11 but between the verses you hear the two-bar loop that starts at 0:00.

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".

Masta Ace Incorporated - Crazy Drunken Style (1993) sampled Jim Sullivan - Rosey (1969)

Artist:  Masta Ace Incorporated
Song:  Crazy Drunken Style
Year:  1993
Album:  SlaughtaHouse

Masta Ace is an icon, a legend and probably has the best live show I've ever seen.  Originally known as Master Ace and part of the Juice Crew, he later formed Masta Ace Incorporated which included Lord Digga.  These two exchange rhymes on this track which features great vocal samples and two loops of music.

Artist:  Jim Sullivan
Song:  Rosey
Year:  1969
Album:  U.F.O.

At the intersection of folk music and David Axelrod is Jim Sullivan.  He made this great album called U.F.O. in 1969 and 6 years later he mysteriously disappeared in New Mexico.  Some say he was abducted by a U.F.O.  The first sample heard on the Masta Ace track is a one-bar loop that appears at 0:00.  The main sample appears at 0:28.

Real Live - Ain't No Love (1996) sampled Freddie Hubbard - Little Sunflower (1979)

Artist:  Real Live
Song:  Ain't No Love
Year:  1996
Album:  The Turnaround: The Long Awaited Drama (on CD known as The Turnaround: A Long Awaited Drama)

I recently heard a song called "One Life" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & Ayah featuring Toronto's own Tona.  It used the same Freddie Hubbard sample that Real Live used, but won't be posted here because I want to highlight the two songs that made me originally search for this loop.  "Ain't No Love" is a great use of the sample, K-Def created a masterpiece here.  I highly recommend this album.

Artist:  A Tribe Called Quest
Song:  The Love
Year:  1998
Album:  The Love Movement

Real Live is letting you know that there Ain't No Love.  A Tribe Called Quest is all about The Love.  Freddie Hubbard is sharing The Love Connection.  Happy Valentine's Day!

Artist:  Freddie Hubbard
Song:  Little Sunflower
Year:  1979
Album:  The Love Connection

I want to reiterate that I'm a big Freddie Hubbard fan.  Al Jarreau joins in on the vocals for this classic song sometimes known as "Sunflower".  The Real Live sample occurs at 0:02 and extends for the length of a 2-bar loop.  The A Tribe Called Quest sample starts right at 0:00 and extends for a 4-bar loop.

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.

Pete Rock - Something Funky (2001) sampled Ahmad Jamal - Misdemeanor (1974)

Artist:  Pete Rock
Song:  Something Funky
Year:  2001
Album:  PeteStrumentals

"I get more raw and hot."  I really like how Pete Rock sampled The Large Professor's "The LP" album before it was widely distributed.  However, the sample being discussed here occurs at 0:14, 1:07, 2:12 and 3:16 (Ahmad Jamal playing the keys).  I consider this to be the last album released before Hip Hop had moved onto the Internet.

Artist:  Gang Starr
Song:  Soliloquy Of Chaos
Year:  1992
Album:  Daily Operation

I remember playing this song right before my first football tryouts.  1992 was full of great music.  How about a Daily Operation 20th Anniversary Edition?  Please include the DWYCK Horny Instrumental.

Artist:  Black Moon
Song:  Black Smif-N-Wessun
Year:  1993
Album:  Enta Da Stage

I'm starting to think that every song on this album will wind up on this blog.

Artist:  Ahmad Jamal
Song:  Misdemeanor
Year:  1974
Album:  Jamalca

In chronological order, the Black Moon samples come first.  The 1-bar loop heard throughout the song is at 0:01 and once in a while they use the 1-bar starting at 0:04.  Immediately after the Black Moon samples comes the 1-bar loop used by Gang Starr at 0:07.  Pete Rock waited for a while before he lifted the 2-bar loop at 3:02.