Songs you love that you discovered through hip hop samples

[N*E*R*D]

I’ll start with a couple

 

[Da King]

Spoiler

 

[Motife43]

I've got thousands. I created a blog back in 09 off the strength of my love of samples and the great music I discovered. I posted a few samples that definitely weren't well known prior to me posting. It's also helped me connect with older people too

One of my favorites, Roy Ayers - You Send Me



sampled by Bootie Brown on "The Hustle" by The Pharcyde

 

[CP3.]

 

[Dirty D]

 

[We Ready]

 

[FreshAIG]

 

[N*E*R*D]

 

[Sean7]

Tone Loc used that sample earlier on Loc'd After Dark I believe.....

That song has been used a few times, pure classic.

Tone Loc - Loc'ed After Dark - YouTube

 

[Sean7]

I always wondered where the sample came from as far as Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow song so I read the comments and it pointed me towards the original song. Not exactly a fave song of mine but I loved the sample since I heard it.

Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow - YouTube

Harry Nilsson - Me And My Arrow - YouTube

 

[jensyao]

time to post this again...spice adam's skit of not realizing most samples are just loops of original songs



there are bunch of samples that have a couple seconds of being great either in the intro or an inflection point but the rest of the song is mid as hell and it took a sampling to revitalize the original song, while other samples are just lazy rip off loops of already great songs, depends on what you want here, probably more into the obscure and completeness of the original sample being standalone great



dilla sampled this J Dilla's 'Mash' - Discover the Sample Source

 

[EndDomination]

5* thread automatically

One of the songs I came to love was Tom Scott's rendition of "Today" by Jefferson Airplane - from Pete Rock & CL Smooth's classic record T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You)



Will post a few more than come to mind later on.

 

[Sean7]

time to post this again...spice adam's skit of not realizing most samples are just loops of original songs



there are bunch of samples that have a couple seconds of being great either in the intro or an inflection point but the rest of the song is mid as hell and it took a sampling to revitalize the original song, while other samples are just lazy rip off loops of already great songs, depends on what you want here, probably more into the obscure and completeness of the original sample being standalone great



dilla sampled this J Dilla's 'Mash' - Discover the Sample Source

Premier has the knack of making a little sample in a song a classic song just by looping it over and over, he can literally take one little sound and make a classic song out of it. I agree with everything you said BTW., all truth on how you can turn a mid as hell song and make it a classic song by using a sample from it.

 

[Why-Fi]

 

[New Jeruzalem Journalist]

I could be here all week listing songs I love because of hip-hop sampling. But just a few that instantly come to mind: