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This thread was inspired by a post from the other recent thread on Hip Hop. http://prince.org/msg/8/408950. I know we have a few True Hip Hop Heads in the Org that could contribute something significant to this one.

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The sample could be blatant or subtle. It could be something obscure or something EVERYBODY knows. I don't care. Just would like to know your opinion of the best use of a sample in a Hip Hop song...

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So many to choose from but love this one

Glascutter said:

So many to choose from but love this one

This is a fine example of when a sample works as this is the first time I heard this song and of the group from which it came.

My choice for the moment is this...

need we say more

Glascutter said:

So many to choose from but love this one

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Yeah, I know its kind of a broad question considering how frequent samples are used (not just in Hip Hop either).

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Nice choice! Very smooth. What's the name of the song they sampled and who's the artist?

UncleGrandpa said:

Glascutter said:

So many to choose from but love this one

This is a fine example of when a sample works as this is the first time I heard this song and of the group from which it came.

My choice for the moment is this...

need we say more

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Thanks for that reference! Looks like you had an answer before I finished posting my question. What a transition in grooves in "Seven Steps To Nowhere." Two different extremes...

That DOC joint is a classic

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Shake Your Rump has over 10 samples:

They're not hip hop, but Koop make their songs from thousands of really short samples, including ones from sound effects records. This takes them a long time. There is no one actually playing.

Yeah - that Stay sample is an interesting one, the original is so different. I like this one as well

Other good uses...

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became...

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One of my favorite samples from Dre....

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was used in

As I was listening to "Oh Honey", @ the 55 sec. mark I was sayin' "Lie, Lie"....Lie LIe Lie" lol: "EST the Greatest Man Alive" Forgot about that dude. Thanks for posting! Never realized this was used that much. Jake One did something nice with it though. Cube's joint is almost unrecognizable.

I'm surprised nobody mentioned this one yet:

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MickyDolenz said:

Shake Your Rump has over 10 samples:

They're not hip hop, but Koop make their songs from thousands of really short samples, including ones from sound effects records. This takes them a long time. There is no one actually playing.

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Beasties used a lot of familiar snippets from a lot of different songs. It worked. Oh...and MCA had one of the coolest voices in Hip Hop

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Very interesting that Koop project. Upon first listen it sounds like it had one source material. Excellent!

Glascutter said:

Yeah - that Stay sample is an interesting one, the original is so different. I like this one as well

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classic Kanye production style (not sure if he produced it or not). Still sounds good to my ears!

CynicKill said:

I'm surprised nobody mentioned this one yet:

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The best use of Delegation "Oh Honey" I have ever heard was by Dream Warriors.

(skip to 0:54 and the hook at 1:30)

One of my all time faves...for the sample and the flow...

Cinny said:

The best use of Delegation "Oh Honey" I have ever heard was by Dream Warriors.

(skip to 0:54 and the hook at 1:30)

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Wow! I never heard that before. And yes, I'm old enough...

datdude said:

i'ma have to go with whatever song Busta (and Dre I think) sample for Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See. I thought it was a CCR song but not sure. But yeah....!

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That would be "Sweet Green Fields" by Seals & Crofts....

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Was reminded of this gem during lunch. It may not be the all-time best use sample but I remember being mad geeked when I first heard it. I was a sucker of Pete Rock's remixes....Never heard the source material before...

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Of course that groove became...

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House of Pain's "Jump Around" (Remix)

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Man, people how did you all miss one of the greatest samples of all time?? To my knowledge, Bobby Caldwell performed on Common's track.