BREAKS & BITS 2
NINETIES HIP-HOP
OUTLAW BLUES BAND - Deep Gully >< CYPRESS HILL - When The Shit Goes Down
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1969
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This 1969 track from The Outlaw Blues band was sampled for Cypress Hill's When The Shit Goes Down off their stellar second album produced by DJ Muggs in 1993. Deep Gully was also sampled for MC Serch's Back To The Grill the previous year, and it's been sampled several other times. When The Shit Goes Down also sampled Billy Cobham's 1973 Stratus.
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1993
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ROTARY CONNECTION - Memory Band >< A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Bonita Applebum
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1967
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This early hit from A Tribe Called Quest came right after their debut in 1990, it was written about a real person in the their school. Bonita Applebum contains samples from 5 songs, amongst them is Memory Band by the Minnie Riperton lead Rotary Connection. Bonita Applebum has been sampled dozens of times, including the Fugee's Killing Me Softly and PM Dawn's Set Adrift On Memory Bliss.
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1990
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RAMP - Daylight >< A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Bonita Applebum
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1977
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Ramp was a short-lived soul/jazz band from Cincinatti, Ohio that produced a couple of 1970's records that have been popular for sampling. This 1977 song has been sampled over two dozen times on songs such as Common's Come Close Remix, and Roni Size's Daylight.
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1990
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CECIL HOLMES - Call Me, Come Back Home >< RAKIM - It's Been A Long Time
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1973
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This 1973 soul classic by Cecil Holmes and The Soulful Sounds was sampled by DJ Premier for Rakim's 1997 classic It's Been A Long Time. The song was also covered by Al Green, who had the more popular version. In 1973 Holmes became a partner at Casablanca, and he later went on to start Chocolate City Records.
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1997
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DAVE GRUSIN - Either Way >< THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. - Everyday Struggle
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1979
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The classic Notorious B.I.G. 1994 single Everyday Struggle got it's groove from David Grusin's Either Way, which appears on his 1979 Mountain Dance album. The Oscar winning pianist/ composer was well know for the many movie soundtracks he produced, he has been nominated for the Oscar three times.
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1994
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BLUE MITCHELL - Good Humour Man >< THE UMC's - One To Grow On
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1967
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The Ultramagnetic MC's, also known as The UMC's, had a few huge hits off their two albums in early 1990's. The Statan Island MC's got this memorable groove from a 1967 track off jazz and funk trumpeter Blue Mitchel's 1967 Heads Up album. One To Grow On also samples Bill Cosby's Ursulena.
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1991
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LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA - I Wanna Stay >< Q-TIP - Vivrant Thing
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1975
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In 1999 Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest released Vivrant Thing as a solo artist. On this track producers Q-Tip and Jay Dee found their beat in I Wanna Stay, off 1975's Music Maestro Please from Barry White's 40-piece Love Unlimited Orchestra. The band recorded several "solo" Lp's, their most successful track was Love's Theme in 1973.
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1999
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DEXTER WANSEL - New Beginning >< THE LOX - Money Power and Respect
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1979
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Keyboarder/producer Dexter Wansel played a big part in the Philly Sound movement of the 1970's and 1980's. Wansel wrote the 1981 hit Nights Over Egypt for The Jones Girls, and he produced big records for Lou Rawls, Patti LaBelle, The Jacksons and others. This soul ballad was sampled for the title track off of The Lox's 1998 debut album, Money, Power & Respect.
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1998
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LYN COLLINS - Put It On The Line >< LL COOL J - I Shot Ya Rmx
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1975
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The groove on 1995's controversial I Shot Ya Remix by LL Cool J comes from this 1975 Lyn Collins track. When the Trackmasters-produced track was released 2Pac thought the song was dissing him, referencing his being robbed and shot in a New York recording studio. 2Pac's response was dissing back on Lil Hommies, an unofficial release. DMX and Ja Rule soon jumped in to the action with track dissing 2Pac over his Lil Hommies beat.
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1995
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ISAAC HAYES - Hung Up On My Baby >< GETO BOYS - My Mind Is Playing Tricks...
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1974
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This 1974 track from mighty Isaac Hayes was sampled from the 1974 Tough Guys soundtrack. In 1992 this track was sampled by Houston's Geto Boys on their fourth album We Can't Be Stopped. This song by the southern rap pioneers is considered to be one of the top hip-hop singles of the nineties - and of all-time.
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1992
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