Taken from the group’s debut album ‘Straight Outta Compton’, ‘Express Yourself’ sees Dr. Taken from: Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – ‘Express Yourself’ Combining the jubilant hook with driving production and slick vocals, it’s a brilliant reworking of Ross’ classic tune.īest bit: The opening couplet of B.I.G.’s verse, where he introduces himself and declares he’d never snitch in a brilliantly succinct way: “B-I-G P-O-P-P-A / No info for the DEA” N.W.A. Released posthumously, it soared to the top of the Billboard 100 (in the process making him the only artist to have two posthumous Number One singles on the chart) and was nominated for a Grammy (for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group). 17 years later it also became a winner for Biggie, who meshed a sample of ‘I’m Coming Out’ with his distinctive East coast hip-hop for ‘Mo Money Mo Problems’. Written by Chic members Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, it was a massive success for the singer. Taken from: Diana Ross – ‘I’m Coming Out’ĭiana Ross’ euphoric ‘I’m Coming Out’ is five-minutes of disco joy. Thankfully, she warmed to it.īest bit: The massive chorus – nothing unites a wedding dancefloor more than Beyonce singing: “Your love’s cot me looking so crazy right now” The Notorious B.I.G. When she began working with producer Rich Harrison on the tune, Beyoncé initially doubted using the retro brass fanfare. But what a lot of people don’t realise is they’re sampled from The Chi-Lites 1970 song ‘Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)’. Whether it conjures up images of her 2018 Coachella performance, where it was played by a massive marching band, or the music video where Bey struts down an abandoned road as husband Jay-Z raps, the punchy trumpet blasts have become something of a calling card for the singer. The opening brass riff of Beyoncé’s ‘Crazy In Love’ is iconic. What it samples: The Chi-Lites – ‘Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)’ Try and stop yourself answering “can I kick it?” with an almighty: “Yes you can!” Beyoncé – ‘Crazy In Love’ (2003)
This is all made even more impressive when you remember the band members were all only 19 when the song was released!īest bit: The call-and-response chorus.
Predominantly based around the lilting, acoustic Lou Reed clip, the laidback tune is arguably the American hip-hop group’s biggest hit, with the legendary call-and-response chorus remaining iconic 30 years since its release.
#Old school sample chops series
Quiz time again: what links classical composer Sergei Prokofiev, Children’s TV series SuperTed and Lou Reed’s ‘Walk On The Wild Side’? It’s A Tribe Called Quest’s stone-cold classic ‘Can I Kick It?’, which samples all three of them. What it samples: Lou Reed – ‘Walk On The Wild Side’ A Tribe Called Quest – ‘Can I Kick It?’ (1990) After its release Chic’s Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards tried to sue the group’s record label – Sugar Hill Records – for copyright, but eventually settled with a songwriting credit.īest bit: The opening line – “I said a hip-hop, the hippie the hippie / To the hip, hip hop you don’t stop” – is hip-hop’s greatest tongue-twister. Released in 1979, this was arguably the song that brought hip-hop to the mainstream, with ‘Rapper’s Delight’ climbing up the charts all over the world. American hip-hop trio Sugar Hill Gang’s ‘Rapper’s Delight’ interpolates the strutting bassline from Chic’s disco banger ‘Good Times’.
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