BREAKS & BITS 19
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CELESTE LEGASPI - Magtaksil Man Ikaw >< LUPE FIASCO - Kick, Push
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1980
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This first single from Lupe Fiasco in 2006 is a story about a boy learning to ride a skateboard. The obscure sampled strings came from famous Filipino singer/actress Celeste Legaspi. The sample comes from her 1980 track Magstaksil Man Ikaw (Bolero Meledy). Legaspi was a hugely successful musician in the 1970's and 1980's, and she has won several prestigious awards across Asia. Kick, Push was one of the top songs of 2006, and in 2007 it was nominated for two Grammies, losing to T.I.'s What You Know.
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2006
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LOS ANGELES NEGROS - Como Quisiera Decirte >< FUNKDOOBIEST - Lost In Thought
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1970
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Los Angelos Negros is a Chilian pop band that has bee popular since 1968. Many of their songs have been sampled in hit hip-hop songs, Their 1970 song Como Quisiera Decirte has been sampled over 40 times, including on Funkdoobiest's 1995 song Lost In Thought. It was also sampled by Das EFX, Heather B. and others
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1995
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MALO - Suavecito >< SUGAR RAY - Every Morning
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1972
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The San Francisco-based chicano band Malo was fronted by Jorge Santana, the brother of legendary rock guitarist Carlos Santana. Their most successful hit Suavecito was written by band member Richard Bean in high school as a poem for a girl in his algebra class. In 1999 rock band Sugar Ray sampled Suavecito on the chorus of their hit single Every Morning. The band had sampled the west coast low rider anthem from Malo because it reminded them of growing up in California.
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1999
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MARCO ANTONIO MUNIZ - Se Acabo >< THE BEATNUTS - Se Acabo (It's Over)
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1969
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Marco Antonio Muniz is a well-known romantic singer from Mexico. Muniz has made it known that Puerto Rico is his second home, and he is considered by many Puerto Ricans to be an honorary citizen there. In 1999 The Beatnuts sampled Muniz's Se Acabo for their song of the same title. The song is the final track on their most commercially successful album - A Musical Massacre.
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1999
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FELA KUTI - Colonial Mentality >< MISSY ELLIOTT / TIMBERLAND - Whatcha Gon' Do
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1977
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In 1977, Nigerian superstar Fela Kuti released the song Colonial Mentality on his Sorrow, Tears and Blood album. The song appeals to the people of Africa, so recently freed from colonial bondage, to free themselves of the residual psychological bondage. The song was sampled by rapper Petey Pablo in 2001 for the chart-topping hit Raise Up. The also samples from Enta Omri by Egyptian composer Hossam Ramzy.
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2001
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WILLIE COLON & HACTOR LAVOE - La Murga >< PITBULL - Come See Me
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1971
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Willie Anthony Colon is a New York born Puerto Rican (Nuyorican) musician and activist. When Colon was 15 he was signed to Fania Records, and at 17 he released his first album. He has been a social and political activist since the age of 15. In 1995 he became the first minority to serve on the board of directors at ASCAP. Rapper Pitbull sampled Colon's 1971 song La Murga for the song Come See Me off his second studio album in 2006.
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2006
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FELA KUTI - Na Poi >< NAS & ALICIA KEYS - Warrior Song
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1972
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In 2002 rapper Nas released his sixth studio album God's Son. The album is considered by many to be one of the rapper's best albums, it spawned several hit singles such as Made You Look, Get Down and I Can. On Warrior Song, featuring Alicia Keys, Nas samples Nigerian musician and composer Fela Kuti's 1972 single Na Poi. Kuti's sixteen minute afrobeat song was recorded in Lagos in 1971 and released as a single.
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2002
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ADRIANO CELENTANO - Azzuro >< BLACKALICIOUS - Toy Jackpot
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1968
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Blackaliciousis a California based hip-hop duo. In 2010 they released the single Toy Jackpot which samples Azzurro. a 1968 hit song from famous Italian singer/songwriter and actor/director Adriano Celentano. In the 1979 classic song by Ian Dury And The Blockheads - Reasons to Be Cheerful - Celentano is mentioned as one reason to be cheerful.
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2010
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ROCIO JURADO - No Te Enfades >< MOBB DEEP - The Illest
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1983
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After Infamy, an unexpectedly commercial album from Mobb Deep in 2001, the hip-hop duo was attacked with accusations of selling out. By 2003 they had split with Loud Records and announced that they were free agents. In 2003 Mobb Deep released the single The Illist on independent label Landspeed Records. The song samples the 1983 Rocio Jurado song No Te Enfades.
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2003
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MANU DIBANGO - Weya >< AFRIKA BAMBAATAA - Renegades Of Funk
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1974
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Afrika Bambaataa and The Soulsonic Force released the single Renegades Of Funk in 1983. Bambaataa's song was the second follow-up single to his hugely successful debut Planet Rock, both of which were produced and mixed by DJ/producer Arthur Baker. The vocal chant from Renegades Of Funk comes from Manu Dibango's 1974 song Weya. In 2000 rock group Rage Against The Machine featured a cover of Renegades Of Funk on their Renegades album.
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1983
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