Just Blaze: The Samples

With the huge interest in the Just Blaze Producer’s Spotlight I posted a few days ago, I had to get this sample collection out there. You can consider this a samples companion to that post. It’s only missing three samples, which I do not have, nor can I find. If anyone has the following, hit me up:

The Independents’ “In The Valley of My World”
Ray Davies’ “Sting of the Serpent”
J. Geils Band’s “Southside Shuffle”

If you listen to the rest of these samples and then listen to Just Blaze’s composition, you can hear that Jus’ is simply amazing. I particularly liked how he flipped Rose Royce’s “I’m Going Down” for the beat to “Oh Boy”. And the way he used the Supertramp sample for Fabolous’ “Breathe” was pretty interesting too.

I’m even more eager now to find Just Blaze samples. Even more so, I think, than I was trying to hunt down Kanye samples. Who knows? Maybe there will be a part 2 to this post in the future. Also, it got kind of tedious to search and post album art, so I decided to switch up the format.

Edit (07/19/2008): Check out our updated Just Blaze Sample Collection!

1. Creative Source: I Just Can’t See Myself Without You (from 1974’s Migration)
   • sampled in “What We Do” by Freeway
2. Curtis Mayfield: Move On Up (from 1970’s Curtis)
   • sampled in “Touch The Sky” by Kanye West
3. Kool & The Gang: Soul Vibrations (from 1972’s Music Is The Message)
   • sampled in “Pump It Up” by Joe Budden
4. I Marc 4: Distortion Mind (from 1976’s I Marc 4)
   • sampled in “Safe 2 Say (Incredible)” by Fat Joe
5. Rose Royce: I’m Going Down (from 1976’s Car Wash Soundtrack)
   • sampled in “Oh Boy” by Cam’ron
6. The Imaginations: Because I Love You
   • sampled in “Never Been In Love” by Talib Kweli
7. Tom Brock: There’s Nothing in this World That Can Stop Me From Loving You (from 1974’s I Love You More and More)
   • sampled in “Girls, Girls, Girls” by Jay-Z
8. Dionne Warwick: You’re Gonna Need Me (from 1973’s Just Being Myself)
   • sampled in “Throwback” by Usher
9. Maze featuring Frankie Beverly: Before I Let Go (1981)
   • sampled in “Let Go (Hit The Dance Floor)” by Eve & Jadakiss
10. The Dramatics: It Ain’t Rainin’ On Nobody’s House But Mine (from 1980’s 10 1/2)
    • sampled in “Mom Praying” by Beanie Sigel
11. Little Boy Blues: Seed of Love (from 1968’s In The Woodland of Weird)
    • sampled in “Public Service Announcement” by Jay-Z
12. Supertramp: Crime of the Century (from 1974’s Crime of the Century)
    • sampled in “Breathe” by Fabolous
13. Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi, Manna Dey, & Meena Kapoor: Chandi Ka Badan (from the Bollywood movie Taj Mahal)
    • sampled in “React” by Erik Sermon
14. Space: Deliverance (from 1977’s Deliverance)
    • sampled in “Hostile Gospel, Part 1” by Talib Kweli
15. Weldon Irvine: Morning Sunrise (from 1976’s The Sisters)
    • sampled in “Dear Summer” by Jay-Z
16. The Main Ingredient: With You (from 1980’s Ready For Love)
    • sampled in “Why You Hate The Game” by The Game

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