Mic Geronimo - Unstoppable (1997) sampled Marvin Gaye - Poor Abbey Walsh (1972)

Artist:  Mic Geronimo
Song:  Unstoppable
Year:  1997
Album:  Vendetta

This track was produced by Pete Rock.  I thought this was a great sample from the first time I heard it.

Artist:  Kool G Rap
Song:  Foul Cats
Year:  1998
Album:  Roots Of Evil

Top 10 Emcee on the same sample but in this track the pieces are chopped up.

Artist:  Marvin Gaye
Song:  Poor Abbey Walsh
Year:  1972
Album:  Trouble Man Motion Picture Soundtrack (OST)

There are so many Marvin Gaye samples but this one is different from all the others because it was for a movie soundtrack.  The four-bar loop sampled for Mic Geronimo is at 3:35.  Kool G Rap used the same sample but rearranged the pieces.

Del The Funky Homosapien - No More Worries (1993) sampled Jerry Butler And Jerry Peters - Part III (1972)

Artist:  Del The Funky Homosapien
Song:  No More Worries
Year:  1993
Album:  No Need For Alarm

A good one-bar loop is hard to find, they can be repetitive.  Del has a good one here.  The track features A-Plus, Casual and Extra Prolific.

Artist:  Jerry Butler And Jerry Peters
Song:  Part III
Year:  1972
Album:  Melinda (Original Music From The Motion Picture) (Melinda OST)

The sample is the one-bar loop starting at 0:06.

A Tribe Called Quest - Butter (1991) sampled Weather Report - Young And Fine (1978)

Artist:  A Tribe Called Quest
Song:  Butter
Year:  1991
Album:  The Low End Theory

I often think that this is the best Hip Hop album ever made, it still sounds great.

Artist:  DJ Jazzy Jeff
Song:  Da Ntro
Year:  2002
Album:  The Magnificent

This album starts off with a good intro and follows with a few more songs with a similar vibe.

Artist:  Weather Report
Song:  Young And Fine
Year:  1978
Album:  Mr. Gone

I'm fortunate to have seen Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter live in concert.  Weather Report have a lot of samples in their catalog.  A Tribe Called Quest and DJ Jazzy Jeff used the same two-bar loop from 0:00.

The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By (Fly As Pie Remix) (1993) sampled Roy Ayers Ubiquity - The Third Eye (1976)

Artist:  The Pharcyde
Song:  Passin' Me By (Fly As Pie Remix)
Year:  1993
Album:  Passin' Me By 12-inch Single

I had the other "Passin' Me By" 12-inch single with a different cover and "Pork" on the B-Side (B-Cyde).  This single had the remixes.

Artist:  Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Song:  The Third Eye
Year:  1976
Album:  Everybody Loves The Sunshine

Roy Ayers is one of my favourites.  The two-bar sample occurs at 0:04.

Rapper Big Pooh - Between The Lines (2004) sampled The Fatback Band - Baby Doll (1973)

Artist:  Rapper Big Pooh
Song:  Between The Lines
Year:  2004
Album:  Sleepers

I give up 9th Wonder, you're a genius.  I can't figure out this beat fully, the flutes are difficult to recreate.  Another masterful production by Harvard Professor 9th Wonder.

Artist:  The Fatback Band
Song:  Baby Doll
Year:  1973
Album:  People Music

I dig the singing in this song, it makes for great vocal samples.

Rapper Big Pooh rhymes over 4-bar loops made up of many samples pieced together.

During the verse, you hear many flute samples from 0:27 to 1:07.  One of which is at 0:47 and another at 1:04.  At the 3 and 11 beats is a vocal sample "oh oh oh oh" from 5:39.

During the intro and chorus, more vocal samples.  "Love you" from 1:31.  "Honey I love you" from 1:30.  "Cause" from 1:54.  "My Love" from 2:37.

Roc C - Open Wounds (2011) sampled Lovesmith - Shame On You (1981)

Artist:  Roc C
Song:  Open Wounds
Year:  2011
Album:  Stoned Genius

This guy sounds like an Emcee from Toronto named Contagious Theory from the group Pherenziks (with DJ Grouch).  This song is a great piece of production using many samples.

Artist:  OC & AG
Song:  God's Gift
Year:  2009
Album:  Oasis

I have always been a big D.I.T.C. fan.  O.C. and A.G. are O.G.s.

Artist:  Lovesmith
Song:  Shame On You
Year:  1981
Album:  Lovesmith

Roc C used the four-bar sample from 0:01 throughout the song but occasionally changed the sample.  Sometimes the last four beats are the sample from 0:24.  Sometimes the last two beats are the sample from 0:38.  There are also two singing samples blended in.  "What's wrong with you, why won't you talk to me" is from 0:27.  "You say you're through, no more love for you" is from 0:53.

 

O.C. & A.G. used the same sample from 0:01 but repeat the first half three times and the second half once.  They also change the last bar of the four bars to the sample at 0:24.  Also used thorughout the song is the sample from 0:00.

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.