BREAKS & BITS  100

ARABIC INSPIRATIONS

DUNYA YUNIS - Abu Zeluf    ><    M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume

1976
Simply comes off De La Soul's AOI: Bionix, their sixth album released in 2001. The song samples and loops Paul Kids.
1987

NAJAT AATABOU - Hadi Kedba Bayna    ><    THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Galvanize

1995
Carol Of The Bells is a Ukranian Christmas carol from 1904. The song is based on a folk chant welcoming the new year composed by Mykola 
2005

MAYADA EL-HENNAWY - Alouli Ansa  ><  AALIYAH - More Than A Woman

 1993
Mayada El Hennawy is a popular Syrian and Pan-Arab singer who was know as The Songstress Of The Generation. She was very popular in the 1980's and 1990's. In 2001 Timberland produced Aaliyah's More Than A Woman  over a uncredited sample of Mayada El Hennaway's 1993 song Alouli Ansa. On July 18,2001 Aaliyah performed her song on Regis With Kathy Lee, and then again July 25,2001 on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - these were her last performances before her death.
2001 

WARDA - Batwanness Beek   ><   BRITNEY SPEARS - My Prerogative

1986
The lyrics in Nature's The Ultimate High were inspired and taken from Do You Hear What I Hear. The classic Christmas 
2004

SHERINE - Al Sa'ban Aleh    ><    FABOLOUS / NE-YO - Make Me Better

2006
Sherine is an Egyptian singer and actress. As a young singer Sherine dropped out of the Egyptian Music Institute in her second year, and she struggled conquering obstacles climbing to the top. In 2014, due to a dispute with Egyptian actor and singer Sherif Mounir, Sherene was fined and sentenced to six months in prison. In 2007 producer Timbaland sampled Sherine's recently released Al Sa'ban for Make Me Better - the third single from rapper Fabolous featuring Ne-Yo.
2007

HOSSAM RAMZY - Enta Omri    ><    PETEY PABLO - Raise Up

1994
Hossam Ramzy is an internationally loved Egyptian composer and percussionist. The wealthy musician moved to London in the 1970's and earned himself the nickname "The Sultan Of Swing" because of his recordings there. He has worked with numerous western superstars, and he has worked on numerous soundtracks. His more recent work include Shakira's She Wolf album. Ramzy's 1994 song Inta Omri was sampled by Timberland in 2001 for Raise Up - Petey Pablo's debut single.
2001

RAGHEB ALAMA - Ya Boy    ><    FOXY BROWN - Hood Scriptures

1996
The Whooliganz were a 1990's hip-hop duo that formed as teenagers in Beverly Hills. They recorded their debut album in 1993, and they were part of The Soul Assassin Collective - joined by Cypress  
2001

HOSSAM RAMZY - Khusara Khusara    ><    JAY-Z - Big Pimpin'

1994
Hossam Ramzy is a well know Egyptian percussionist and composer. In 1989 he worked with Peter Gabriel on the soundtrack to The Last Temptation Of Christ, and in 1994 he released an album and toured with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. The song Khusara Khusara was covered by Ramzy on one of the five albums he released in 1994. Timberland produced Big Pimpin' for Jay-Z over the uncredited Ramzy cover, this has sparked a very complicated legal case that is still in the courts after seven years.

is a cover of
1999

RAYAN - Kanet Rohi   ><   FUTURE - Wicked

2006
Carla Thomas is known as the Queen Of Memphis Soul, she is also the daughter of legendary blues and soul artist Rufus  
2016

ASSALA - Sinin    ><    A$AP ROCKY ft KENDRICK LAMAR - 1Train

2003
Assala Mostafa Hatem Nasri is a Syrian musician and TV personality, Her father was a famous composer and singer, and she began her career in singing at four years old. Her commercial success started in 1999 when she was 22. After a stunning performance on Bahrain's Independence Day, the Bahraini King granted he a second citizenship to the country. In 2012 rapper A$AP Rocky sampled Assala'a 2003's song Sinin for  1 Train - the most successful song of his third album Long Live ASAP.
2013