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. 

The Large Professor - That Bullshit (1996) sampled The Nat Adderley Sextet - Make Your Own Temple (1972)

Artist:  The Large Professor
Song:  That Bullshit
Year:  1996
Album:  The LP

This song was on the 1996 bootleg version of "The LP".  I remember hearing it for the first time on Mastermind's local Saturday afternoon radio show and it was the first time he played a song twice in a row.  This was the first song off this album that I heard, long before "Mad Scientist".

Artist:  Mad Skillz
Song:  Skillz In '95
Year:  1995
Album:  The Nod Factor 12-inch Single

Since it uses the same source, it shouldn't surprise you that this song was also produced by The Large Professor. 

Artist:  The Nat Adderley Sextet With Rick Holmes
Song:  Make Your Own Temple
Year:  1972
Album:  Cannonball Adderley Presents Soul Of The Bible

Rick Holmes is the guy talking and he sounds great on jazz.  If you dig this, check out two more albums by the Adderley brothers:  "Soul Zodiac" and "Love, Sex and the Zodiac".  The main sample used by The Large Professor was a two-bar loop that combined a six-beat sample starting at 2:21 and then beats 7 and 8 are a repeat of beats 3 and 4.  The chorus sample is the two-bar sample at 3:40.  Mad Skillz used the sample that drops at 2:26. 

Rapper Big Pooh - Wooden Wall Silverware (2011) sampled Pondersoa Twins Plus One - Bound (1971)

Artist:  Rapper Big Pooh
Song:  Wooden Wall Silverware
Year:  2011
Album:  Fat Boy Fresh Volume One - For Members Only

The Fat Boy Fresh series has three volumes to date and is worthy of a box set, especially if more quality material gets added over the years.

Artist:  The Large Professor
Song:  Bowne
Year:  2009
Album:  The LP

This song was on the official 2009 release of "The LP", but not on the 1996 bootleg version that floated around. 

Artist:  Kayne West
Song:  Bound 2
Year:  2013
Album:  Yeezus

Besides the fact that the video for this song was what caught people's attention, I thought it was the best track on the album. 

Artist:  Ponderosa Twins Plus One
Song:  Bound
Year:  1971
Album:  2+2+1 = Ponderosa Twins Plus One

An album cover like this begs one to listen to its contents.  How can there not be a sample inside?  Rapper Big Pooh used the two-bar loop at 2:17.  The Large Professor used the two-bar loop at 0:01 for the verses but the two-bar loop at 0:14 for the chorus.  Kanye West used the same sample at 0:14 and also used the two-bar loop from 1:02.

Maestro Fresh Wes - Another Funky Break (From My Pap's Crate) (1992) sampled The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Hummin' (1970)

Artist:  Maestro Fresh Wes
Song:  Another Funky Break (From My Pap's Crate)
Year:  1992
Album:  Maestro Zone

I recently had the honour of meeting Maestro Fresh Wes and the guy is a class act.  One of the most underrated lyricists, period.  Before Jay-Z, Nas, Biggie and others, this guy was at the top of the game.

Artist:  Da King & I
Song:  This Is How We Do
Year:  1993
Album:  Contemporary Jeep Music

Every song on this album could wind up on this blog. 

Artist:  3rd Bass
Song:  Green Eggs And Swine
Year:  1991
Album:  Derelicts Of Dialect

The summer of 1991 was non-stop 3rd Bass in my neighbourhood. 

Artist:  The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Song:  Hummin'
Year:  1970
Album:  Country Preacher - "Live" At Operation Breadbasket

I still like Jazz as my foundation for Hip Hop.  Maestro Fresh Wes used the horns at 1:22 for his chorus.  Da King & I used the same sample.  3rd Bass used the one-bar loop from 0:03 for their song and added the four bars of horns from 0:11.

Main Source - Time (Alternative Mix) (1993 ?) sampled Roy Ayers - Gotta Find A Lover (1977)

Artist:  Main Source
Song:  Time (Alternative Mix)
Year:  1993 (?)
Album:  The Science (Not Officially Released)

I first heard this song years ago when K-Cut appeared on a local Toronto radio show promising to unearth old music from "The Science", the unreleased second Main Source album.  I thought it was a terrible shame that this album didn't get fully made because it would have been an all-time classic.  Forgive the sound quality.

Artist:  Trends Of Culture
Song:  Let Tha Big Boyz Play
Year:  1993
Album:  Trendz...

If you were listening to Hip Hop every day in 1993, these guys were known at the time for the "Off And On" remix with Lord Finesse.  I still like the album tracks as well. 

Artist:  Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Song:  Gotta Find A Lover
Year:  1977
Album:  Lifeline

Another great sample from Roy Ayers.  Main Source created a two-bar loop using one bar from 0:00 and joining it to another bar at 0:10.  Trends Of Culture didn't actually sample the song but instead played their own interpretation of the same loop.

Capone And Noreaga - Married To Marijuana (1997) sampled Al Green - Something (1976)

Artist:  Capone And Noreaga (Capone -N- Noreaga)
Song:  Married To Marijuana
Year:  1997
Album:  Not Officially Released (White Label 12-inch)

This song would have fit in perfectly on "The War Report" album.  I can imagine Al Green not wanting to clear the sample because of the lyrics.

Artist:  Brand Nubian
Song:  Maybe One Day
Year:  1998
Album:  Foundation

I figure Brand Nubian dropped the science on Al Green and he gladly cleared the sample. 

Artist:  Al Green
Song:  Something
Year:  1976
Album:  Have A Good Time

A lot of babies were made to this stuff.  The Capone -N- Noreaga sample is a four-bar loop starting at 0:01.  Brand Nubian used the same loop.  Capone -N- Noreaga also took the sample from 0:29 for a two-bar loop in the chorus.

Showbiz & A.G. - Bounce Ta This (1992) sampled Buster Williams - The Hump (1975)

Artist:  Showbiz & A.G.
Song:  Bounce Ta This
Year:  1992
Album:  Runaway Slave

With Dres of Black Sheep on the track, this is one of my favourites from the era.

Artist:  A Tribe Called Quest
Song:  Mr. Incognito
Year:  1994
Album:  Not Officially Released in 1994

I believe it was 1994 when I heard this song on the radio.  Since it wasn't released officially at the time, I assumed it was on a white label 12-inch single.  This song also appears on the album shown in the picture, a compilation released in 2003 called Hits, Rarities & Remixes. Fugees (Tranzlator Crew) also used the bassline occasionally in "Nappy Heads". 

Artist:  Buster Williams
Song:  The Hump
Year:  1975
Album:  Pinnacle

I still like Jazz bass for Hip Hop.  Showbiz & A.G. used the one-bar loop that starts at 7:10.  A Tribe Called Quest used the two-bar loop starting at 0:40.