With the way their tone and beat selection changed right after this song dropped along with the tone of the song and video, I always felt like this was the eulogy of their style from the group's birth up to when Art of War dropped.

the song from which they sampled from is a classic, "making love in the rain" by herb alpert featuring janet jackson and lisa keith
Don't forget the other half.
They say DJ U-Neek (producer for this and the E.1999 album) used a bunch of ghost producers, and when they bounced, his sound fell apart. I don't know if it's true, but whoever he/they were had a hell of a lot of talent.
