Most Iconic Samples In Music
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(Format: Original song that was sampled from followed by the reveal song it was used in. Most people will probably recognize from the first song and have that “Ah ha!” moment.)
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What is Sampling?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO5hYlb3uWE&t=217s
Notable Samples:
Daft Punk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBSWw7RdZLk
Mtume – Juicy Fruit / Juicy – The Notorious B.I.G.
Tom Tom Club – Genius Of Love / Fantasy – Mariah Carey
Michael McDonald – I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) / Regulators – Nate Dogg and Warren G
Edwin Birdsong – ‘Cola Bottle Baby’ / Daft Punk – ‘Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’
Chic – ‘Good Times’ / The Sugarhill Gang – ‘Rapper’s Delight’
GarageBand – ‘Vintage Funk Kit 03’ / Umbrella – Rihanna feat. Jay Z
Stevie Wonder – ‘Pastime Paradise’ / Coolio – ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’
Bill Withers – ‘Grandma’s Hands’ / Blackstreet – ‘No Diggity’
The Isley Brothers – Footsteps in the Dark, Pts. 1 & 2 / Ice Cube – “It Was a Good Day”
Chaka Khan’s “Through the Fire” / Kanye West – “Through the Wire” (fuck this guy)
The Chi-Lites’ “Are You My Woman” / Beyoncé – “Crazy in Love”
Daft Punk “One More Time” / Eddie Johns “More Spell On You.”
Eminem “Stan” / Dido’s “Thank You.”
Whatcha Say – Jason Derulo / “Hide and Seek” – Imogen Heap
Eminem – “Sing for the Moment.” / Aerosmith – “Dream On”
A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Can I Kick It?’ (1990) – Lou Reed – ‘Walk On The Wild Side’
The Notorious B.I.G. – ‘Mo Money Mo Problems’ (1997) – Diana Ross – ‘I’m Coming Out
Beastie Boys – ‘Rhymin & Stealin’ (1986) – Taken from: Led Zeppelin – ‘When the Levee Breaks’; Black Sabbath – ‘Sweet Leaf’; The Clash – ‘I Fought the Law’
Led Zeppelin, “When the Levee Breaks” / Beastie Boys’ “Rhymin and Stealin”
Jay-Z – Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) / Annie (2014) – “It’s The Hard Knock Life”
2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman – ‘California Love’ (1996) – Joe Cocker – ‘Woman to Woman’
Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk” – Oops Upside Your Head – The Gap Band (1979)
Herb Alpert, “Rise” / The Notorious B.I.G., “Hypnotize”
David McCallum, “The Edge” / Dr. Dre, “The Next Episode”
Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys / Love on a Two Way Street – The Moments (Research more)
George Clinton, “Atomic Dog” / Snoop Doggy Dogg, “What’s My Name?”
Aerosmith, “Walk This Way” / Run-DMC, “Walk This Way”
Leon Haywood, “I Want’a Do Something Freaky to You” / Dr. Dre, “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang”
The Winstons, “Amen, Brother” / N.W.A, “Straight Outta Compton”
A Tribe Called Quest, “Bonita Applebum” / The Fugees, “Killing Me Softly”
The Isley Brothers, “Between the Sheets” / The Notorious B.I.G., “Big Poppa”
Sublime – Doin’ Time – samples Summertime from Porgy & Bess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDGePvUOc8E
Coolio’s ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ are sampled from Stevie Wonder’s ‘Pastime Paradise.’
Nas’ 1996 hit “If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)” / “Walk Right Up to the Sun” by The Delfonics
T.I. feat. Rihanna’s ‘Live Your Life’ / O-Zone – Dragostea Din Tei (Ultra Music)
Kool & the Gang – “Summer Madness” / “Summertime” by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince.
Kanye West – Good Life ft. T-Pain / P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) – Michael Jackson (deplorables)
Herb Alpert – Rise / The Notorious B.I.G. – Hypnotize
Tupac – Changes (1998) / The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby and the Range (1986)
Tupac – I Ain’t Mad at Cha (1996) / A Dream – DeBarge (1983)
Ready or Not – Fugees / Boadicea – Enya / The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can’t Hide From Love)
Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) – Pras feat. Mýa and Ol’ Dirty Bastard / Islands in the Stream – Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
I Got The… – Labi Siffre / My Name Is – Eminem
It’s Tricky – Run-DMC / My Sharona – The Knack
Hip-Hop/R&B Vocals (Scats) – Sonic Foundry / Thrift Shop – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
Mr. Wendal – Arrested Development / Sing a Simple Song – Sly & the Family Stone
Cypress Hill – Hits from the Bong / Son of a Preacher Man – Aretha Franklin
