What song do U think makes the best use of a Prince sample?

Some contenders are

* Pray (MC Hammer)
* Soft and Wet (MC Hammer)
* Darlin' Nikki (Tupac's segue)
* Jump Around (House of Pain)


As a side note, that new song with those two teenage lesbians from Russia, I'm sure that they use a sample drumbeat from Sex In The Summer. Have a listen and U'll see what I mean.

I don't know if this has been asked before but with the search engine down, I figured what the hell! Flame me if U must!
[This message was edited Sat Feb 8 15:20:53 PST 2003 by JimmyNothing]
[This message was edited Sun Feb 9 11:27:02 PST 2003 by JimmyNothing]

what p song is sampled in jump around???

what version of jump around do u have the ( i cant hear shit remix??) theres no prince sample in Jump around

and FYI that drum intro in sex in the summer is actually a funkadelic cut called "Good ole music"
[This message was edited Sat Feb 8 10:51:10 PST 2003 by Finess]

Best use of a Prince sample... hmmm..

I just love it when Prince samples songs from his own vault before the sampled song is ever released to the public.

So I would have to say Prince sampling Prince.

2Pac also sampled "If I Was Yo Girlfriend"(The SOTT Movie version), "Pop Life" and a song from "What Time It It Is" LP 4got its title. It says in the hook "baby what yo phone #?"

Most def...Pray...getting your dance on...and still praising God...much props 2 MC Hammer...

Finess said:

People always that it was his scream (from Gett Off?) that was sampled.

Here's a longer list from which to choose the best:

http://www.prince.org/msg...&tid=33313

NuPwrSoul said:

aint no scream in jump around LOL...i have the album mix... the ( pete rock mix promo) and theres no scream whatsoever in jump around... by prince or anyone lol

Definitely Prince sampling Prince. My favorite is "I Wanna Be Your Lover" in "My Name Is Prince."

Finess said:

LOL It's been awhile since I listened to it. I always remembered a scream at the beginning. Hmmm.

NuPwrSoul said:

u mean that annoying trumpet squeal?

fragisexy said:

Finess said:

There's definitely a scream every measure or something throughout the song. I can't say it's Prince.

"Sex Packets" by Digital Underground

fragisexy said:

I think I know what you mean, but I've always thought that was the sound of bagpipes or something. I never thought it even remotely sounded like a human scream.

Excellent link there NuPwrSoul

I am 99.9% sure that it is the scream that opens Gett Off that is sampled in Jump Around! A lot of people get on my case about this, but try playing them back to back and U will see that they match! I think that the scream is speeded up slightly for the House Of Pain version and they obviously don't use the entire scream, just the front portion of it!

JimmyNothing said:

just did... and u are stone cold deaf my friend

Finess said:

I still swear it's the same thing!!

Surely I can't be the only one??

That's all new news to me...need to check some things out!

Harlepolis said:

Tupac was a Prince fan?

fragisexy said:

Starmist7 said:

Evidently so. Not only did he sample him several times (and not just big singles, but album tracks), so did Digital Underground - which is the group where 2Pac started.

Starmist7 said:

Tupac was a BIG Prince fan. If U ever get a chance 2 read his book of poetry entitled "The Rose That Grew From The Concrete" U will see his style of writing owes a lot 2 Prince. There is a foreword by Nikki ___ (Shit i can't remember her name, but she is a well know African American female poet, I think it begins with a G and almost sounds Italian) and she mentions Tupac's admiration of Prince (and disses Prince for being at the same time).
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JimmyNothing said:

Nikki Giovanni

classic77 said:

Thank U! That's been bugging me

JimmyNothing said:

what u hear is a horn blast from a saxophone truncated andsampled... and in no way shape or form is it a prince scream from get off or any scream what so ever... please trust me on this im a Dj/remixer/producer for christ sakes i can hear u know LOL

JimmyNothing said:

Thanks for the info, that's nice to know...

Okay, now that's interesting because I have the "Romeo must die" sountrack and remember a song from Joe that I really liked called "A Rose from a concrete world" was that written for Aaliyah, or any connection with Tupac? I did some searches, but no info on this yet...

if any of ya'll know betta, that is not a damn prince sample...seems like if ya'll listen any harder and swear you're hearin p, your eardrums will implode.

JimmyNothing said:

I agree with you.I noticed the sample the first time i heard "Jump Around". Im also pretty sure it's Rosies "scream" and not Prince's (despite what is shown in the video).