This time, I have another Sample Sampler for you. Here are some sources of some of hip-hop's biggest hits.
Rapper and actor Coolio had his biggest hit in 1995 with “Gangsta’s Paradise.” The song sampled Stevie Wonder’s 1976 “Pastime Paradise” from the album Songs in the Key of Life.
From their first album, A Tribe Called Quest, a trio from Queens sampled Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” for “Can I Kick It?”
Harlem’s Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock rocked the airwaves in the summer of 1988 with “It Takes Two,” which sampled Lyn Collins and James Brown’s “Think (About It).”
The Wu-Tang Clan of Staten Island, New York, recorded “C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)" in 1994. It sampled an Isaac Hayes-David Porter song called “As Long as I’ve Got You,” which was recorded by a girl group called the Charmels in 1967.
In more recent years, Beyoncé, from 2016, had a hit with “Hold Up.” It sampled a 1963 hit by crooner Andy Williams called “Can’t Get Used to Losing You.”
House of Pain’s “Jump Around” sampled Bob & Earl’s “Harlem Shuffle.”
A funk band from Atlanta, Georgia, called Brick, had a 1976 classic called “Dazz.” It was sampled many times. Ice Cube used it for the 1991 hit “No Vaseline,” and earlier, Dana Dane sampled “Dazz” for “Cinderfella Dana Dane” in 1987.
Featured Tracks:
"Pastime Paradise" - Stevie Wonder
"Walk on the Wild Side" - Lou Reed
"Think (About It)" - Lyn Collins
"As Long As I've Got You" - Charmels
"Can't Get Used to Losing You" - Andy Williams
"Harlem Shuffle" - Bob & Earl
"Dazz" - Brick
