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RONNIE LAWS - Tidal Waves    ><    BLACK MOON - Who Got The Props

1969
This 1969 track from The Outlaw Blues band was sa
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1993

AHMAD JAMAL - Swahililand   ><  DE LA SOUL  - Stakes Is High

1974
This early hit from A Tribe Called Quest came right after th
1996

RAMP - Daylight    ><    A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Bonita Applebum

1978
Ramp was a short-lived soul/jazz band from Cincin 
1995

CECIL HOLMES - Call Me, Come Back Home    ><    RAKIM - It's Been A Long Time

1973
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. 
1997

DAVE GRUSIN - Either Way    ><    THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. - Everyday Struggle

1979
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.
1994

BLUE MITCHELL - Good Humour Man    ><    THE UMC's - One To Grow On

1967
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.
1991

LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA - I Wanna Stay    ><    Q-TIP - Vivrant Thing

1975
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.
1999

DEXTER WANSEL - New Beginning    ><    THE LOX - Money Power and Respect

1979
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.
1998

LYN COLLINS - Put It On The Line    ><    LL COOL J - I Shot Ya Rmx

1975
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.
1995

ISAAC HAYES - Hung Up On My Baby    ><    GETO BOYS - My Mind Is Playing Tricks...

1974
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.  
1992