This 1978 Rose Royce ballad tells the story of a woman longing for a lost love - it was not a huge hit when it was released in 1973, but it did do pretty good in the UK. In 1989 there was a very successful rap version by UK's Fresh 4, and in 1992 The Cover Girls did a cover of the song that was a huge hit. When it was covered by Jay-Z in 1998, he featured new vocals from Gwen Dicky of Rose Royce on his recording. The song was later covered by Beyonce in 2004, and it has be covered and sampled countless other times.
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This often-sampled 1982 track off Patrice Rushen's seventh album - Straight From The Heart - landed her a Grammy nomination. Forget Me Nots marked a radical shift in style from the R&B/jazz singer and songwriter. This song was prominently featured in the movie Big, and there have been many covers in various genres of music. This song has been sampled dozens of times, such as in Will Smith's 1997 hit Men In Black, and on George Michael's Fastlove from the previous year. In the late 1960's and early 1970's The Delfonics were pioneers of Philadelphia soul, lead vocalist and producer Thomas Bell wrote all their hit songs. Many of their songs have been covered and sampled heavily. 1968's Ready Or Not Here I Come was covered by Johnny Osbourne and the Jackson 5, and the song has been sampled dozens of times such as by the Fugee's in 1996 with Ready Or Not, and then in 1997 by Missy for Sock It To Me. This Italo disco hit from 1980 was a hit across Europe, it was the biggest hit for Italian singer Pino D'Angio. When this song was sampled by Madison Avenue for 1999's Don't Call Me Baby, it turned out the biggest hit for the Australian house music duo. It's not a surprise that these songs did so well - the bass line from Ma Quale Idea was taken from McFadden & Whiteheads disco anthem Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now. This classic from Brazilian singer/songwriter Jorge Ben Jor was famously plagiarized by British singer Rod Stewart in his 1979 smash-hit Do You Think I'm Sexy. The dispute was settled in court, where it was ruled that the melody of Stewart's song contained substantial elements of Ben's 1976 version of his previously released song. The original version of Taj Mahal was released by Ben in 1972, in 1976 he released a re-worked version on Africa Brasil - one of his most popular albums. The melody of this popular version was used by Stewart in his hit song. As result of losing the lawsuit, Stewart made an agreement that all the royalties from his song would be donated to UNICEF. This 1978 underground disco funk song was memorably sampled for 1980's Freedom by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five. It was also sampled in almost 50 other songs including SWV's 1994 hit Anything with Wu Tang Clan, and It's Over from John Legend and Kanye West in 2008. This rare Cosmic Slop promo video was shot in the streets of New York in 1973. Throughout the 1970's Funkadelic and it's sister band Parliament, released a barrage of funk albums that defined funk music of the decade. Cosmic Slop in 1973 was Funkadelic's fifth studio album. This song about a poor mother of five resorting to prostitution begs for forgiveness in it's chorus. This song has always been a favorite among fans. Explore the world of P-Funk and Parliament-Funkadelic at: http://www.loungecore.com/p-funk.html This 1982 track from Godfather of hip hop Afrika Bambaataa was the follow up to Planet Rock, it was the former DJ's fourth single. These early Bambaataa singles revolutionized music and culture and spawned whole new genres of music. In 1988 UK producer Simon Harris sampled this song for his world-wide smash hit Here Comes That Sound. It's also been sampled almost 100 other times for songs such as LL Cool J and Jennifer Lopez's 2005 Control Myself, and Madonna's Die Another Day in 2010. This song comes from Stevie Nicks solo debut album in 1981. The song was written by the former Fleetwood Mac lead singer to express her heartache one sad week in December 1980 when she lost her uncle Jonathan to cancer on the same week that John Lennon was murdered. In 2001 this song was sampled by Destiny's Child Bootylicious, Nicks plays a cameo in the music video where she is seen playing guitar. In 1975 Lenny Williams left his band Tower Of Power to pursue solo projects exclusively. This soul classic from that year was one of his biggest hits, and it has been sampled numerous times in recent years. In 2001 Mobb Deep producer Havoc sampled this for Nothing Like Home. In 2004 Kanye West produced a huge hit for Twista sampling this song for 2004's Overnight Celebrity, and West used the sample again the same year for I Got A Love on the debut album for Chinese-American rapper Jin. This song has been sampled over a dozen other times including for Jeremah's 2009 Birthday Sex. |
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