How original is Kanye?? All Of Kanye's Samples

Now..  Before I post this video.  I'd like to ask a few questions, because some of these samples I didn't know he basically re-did the beat from.  I just thought he mostly had voice samples, but the video shows he takes the beats too.  

Now, I remember some years ago, when Murder Inc. was on top, and I was gettin' on Irv Gotti's ass for takin' old rap beats and re-doin' them.  Now Dr. Dre did some of this, but..  Dr. Dre only took peices for his song, not just throw in some extra kicks, snares, his, n 808s.  I mean some shit that's really really really really tight, are actually pretty old.  So, with damn near every beat you've heard Kanye do, is basically some old song with a few more tinks added it.  The part we credit him for the most (cuz I surely don't think he's a great rapper,) he actually hasn't masterminded it.  Not sayin' he's not capable for doin' some tight beats, because the "Workout Plan," or beats like that "B Alright" (Trina n Ludacris), track he did isn't on there.  But should he get the credit he deserves?

Sample of the Week!

Since I won't be around a computer Friday (The normal SOTW day) and because I just can't keep it in. I'm posting this one early. Leave some feedback in the comments. Good choice for Sample of the Week? Does the song bring back a memory?

Writer: Big Mike - Playa Playa


Biter: Consequence ft Kanye West- Gettin' Out The Game


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Sample of the Week!

WRITERS

Riding High by Faze O

BITERS

Please Listen to My Demo - EPMD


Record Company Pimpin - Ice Cube


Killa Lipstick - Ghostface Killah


Also sampled by Ice Cube's Cousin "KAM" on "Hang 'Um High" but that's not on Imeem, so here's a youtube link.

Enjoy your weekend Everybody.

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P.S. Feel free to post up your own samples in the comments every friday. Let's keep the juices flowing. Or if you've got ideas for a really cool sample of the week, email me and if I like it, I might use it one day.

Sample of the Week!

Here's the deal:

Your homie and mine, JAY SMART, Found a really cool blog that is completely dedicated to cool hip-hop soul samples. If you don't check the "Bomb Site Links" portion every so often, we are gradually adding more and more. So we all had a meeting and decided in the best interest of not promising more than we can deliver, that Sample of the Day, should be Sample of the Week.

With that said, Let's go:



Burning Of The Midnight Lamp- Jimi Hendrix


Hova Song (Intro)- Jay-Z


Hova Song (Outro)- Jay-Z


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Sample Of The Day!

Writer: Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrel - You're All I Need To Get By


Writer #2: Notorious BIG - Me & My Bitch


Biter: Method Man & Mary J. Blige - You're All I Need To Get By


(It should be noted that the version of this particular biter song i combined from 2 songs from Mary and Meth, and remixed by Puffy.)

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Sample Of The Day!

Writer: William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You Got


Biter: Ludacis - Diamond in the Back

Ludacris - Diamond In The Back
by Ludacris-official

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Sample of the Day!

Writer: The Spinners - Saide


Writer #2: All in My Wildest Dreams - Joe Sample


Biter: 2pac - Dear Mama



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Sample Of The Day!

Back with a whole lotta sample of the day goodness. Someone put together a sample mixtape for Doggystyle. So I'll post that link up for you, and I'll use one for a SOTD.


Writer: Isaac Hayes - The Look of Love


Biter: Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gz Up Hoez Down


Biter #2: Jay-Z - Can I Live?


On with the Tracklist:


01. Funkadelic’s “(Not Just) Knee Deep” (G-Funk Intro)

02. Slave’s “Watching You” & George McRae’s “I Get Lifted” (Gin & Juice)

03. Funkadelic’s “Flashlight” (Tha Shiznit)

04. Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh’s “La Di Da Di,” Kyu Sakamoto’s “Sukiyaki” & Rose Royce’s “Ohh Boy” (Lodi Dodi)

05. James Brown’s “Funky President” (Murder Was The Case)

06. Ohio Players’ “Funky Worm” (Serial Killa)

07. The Counts’ “Pack of Lies,” Parliament’s “Give up the Funk” & “P-Funk,” Funkadelic’s “(Not Just) Knee Deep,” George Clinton’s “Atomic Dog” & Tom Brown’s “Funkin’ 4 Jamaica” (Who Am I [What’s My Name])?

08. Lyn Collins’ “Think (About It)” ( Ain’t No Fun [If the Homies Can’t Have None])

09. Richard Field’s “If It Ain’t One Thing, It’s Another” (Doggy Dogg World)

10. Bernard Wright’s “Haboglabotribin” & Curtis Mayfield’s “Eddie You Should Know Better” (Gz and Hustlas)

11. Isaac Hayes’ “The Look Of Love” (Gz Up, Hoes Down)

Download HERE!

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P.S. Some fun Sample trivia for you. I might have been mistaken when I said that Audio Two's Top Billin had the most samples ever in Hip-Hop. Technically, as far as the beat and the whole thing, it could be. However, in this mixtape, Lyn Collin's "Think (About it)" is the original source of that "WOO! YEAH!" James Brown Sample that pops up in EVERY GOD DAMN SONG. (The Lyn Collins song was written and produced by Mr. Brown) Just for fun, I went and found a list. Check it out HERE.

Sample Of The Day!

I was doing the random selection on my entire itunes library over the weekend and Pattii Labelle came up. Plus the big bosses are gone for the week, I figured it was an opportune time to jump start the Sample of the Day with a double feature. Miss me?

Writer: Patii Labelle - Love, Need and Want You


Biter: Nelly ft Kelly Rowland - Dillema


Biter #2: Outkast - Ghettomusick (could only find an instrumental on imeem, so ur stuck with the video)


Peace & Love (except for soulja boi's ass! lol)

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Sample Of The Day!

Sorry for missing yesterday. Today, I'm gonna double you up, and drop some knowledge.

Biter: Juicy - Notorious B.I.G.


Produced by Puffy for BIG. However, PETE ROCK swears on his life that Puffy jacked it from him. Here's the story from Wax Poetics:

I did the original version, didn't get credit for it. They came to my house, heard the beat going on the drum machine, it's the same story. You come downstairs at my crib, you hear music. He heard that **** and the next thing you know it comes out. They had me do a remix, but I tell people, and I will fight it to the end, that I did the original version of that. I'm not mad at anybody, I just want the correct credit.

But he also tells the same story for Tribe's "All That Jazz" too, So either dude is bitter about lot's of stuff, or just needs to stop playin records when people come over. We'll never know for sure.

Writer: Juicy Fruit - Mtume


Okay, now here's where I double it up and give you the lesser known biter:

Biter #2: The Ave- Dre Dog


There's only a 30 second clip available on Imeem, however, on youtube they have the full video, so check that if you wanna take a trip down memory lane.



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Sample Of The Day!

I guess it's UGK week for SOTD? I dunno. Just what I pop in the stereo the day before and decide what one I should do.

Biter: 1st Key - Lil Wayne & Birdman


WRiter: Pocket Full of Stones - UGK


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Sample Of The Day!

Biter: UGK - Something Good



Writer: Rufus & Chaka Khan- Tell Me Something Good


**Top Billin**

*note. I'm running sorta slim on TOP Billin samples, and it's getting time consuming to keep up with it every day. So I'm switching it to once a week. So here in memory of Notorious BIG who passed away yesterday 11 years ago, is your Top Billin SOTD:


Biter: Ready to Die Intro- Notorious BIG



Writer: Top Billin- Audio Two


Peace&Love

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Sample Of The Day!

Biter: G-Unit - Wanna Get to Know Ya



Writer: Marvin Gaye - Come Live With Me Angel


I'll fill in the Top Billin Sample Later. I'm trying to decide which one to do and I think I'm going to go eat some food real quick.

Sample Of The Day!

Biter: Kanye West - Touch The Sky



Writer: Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up



Top Billin Sample of The Day

Biter: MC Lyte- 10% Dis


Writer: Audio Two - Top Billin



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Sample Of The Day!

Biter: NWA - Express Yourself


Writer: Express Yourself - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band.


***Top Billin SOTD***

Biter: Mary J Blige - Real Love



Writer: Audio Two- Top Billin


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Sample of the Day

I wanted to come through and actually drop some bombs today for the SOTD. Most people might have heard the last two, so I thought I'd go more obscure. I admit willingly when it comes to the Jay-Z vs Nas debate I easily favor Jay. However, Nas created one of my favorite songs ever in "I Can." When you can make a song for top 40 and parents ALSO love it? Success. McClarron. Haha!

Biter: Nas - "I Can"


Writer: "Impeach The President" - The Honeydrippers


Also sampled was Beethoven's Für Elise


Top Billin Sample of the Day:

Biter: 2pac - Only God Can Judge Me


Writer: Audio Two - Top Billin


Until next time...

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Sample Of The Day

One of my favorite things is being somewhere random and hearing a song come on that sounds familiar but not all the way. Then I recognize that it's a sample from a well known song. I suppose everything is easily looked up from Wikipedia these days, but that's kind of cheating.

So from now on, I'm gonna try to do this every day that I remember.

Since it's the first day, we'll do two.

This one, I was sitting at work listening to Pandora. (Sidebar - If you haven't heard about or visited Pandora.com, do that. It's DOPE!) and this song popped on. It took me about 5 minutes to figure out where I knew it from.


Biter: Ice Cube - Today was a good day (remix)


Writer: Blackgirl - Let's do it Again



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Bonus Round:

This one's just easy. There's got to be some sort of statistics on this, but this HAS to be the top sampled song in history. I only post it because Mike and I quote this song every day. People look at us funny. BUT I GET THE PAPER SO I DON'T CARE! Lol. See what I mean?

Onward-


Biter(s): This list is endless, but I'll stick with the most obvious recent one. (Maybe I'll add a new song that samples this song every day too. lol. That would be an accomplishment. I guarantee I've got a song to last a few weeks at least)

50 Cent- I Get Money


Writer: Top Billin - Audio Two


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