What’s crackin’ ya’ll? I apologize for the lack of updates this week. I know there’s been a lot goin on in the hip hop world, but unfortunately I got more in my life than just hip hop. Hopefully these next two posts will make up for all that. One of our loyal readers, Thomas, came through and put together a couple of sample collections for us and asked me to share. Here’s the first one. I’ll get the other up soon.
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 is the second album from Jay-Z. Released on November 4, 1997, this album brought Jay-Z to the mainstream during the time when Puffy was flooding the airwaves with his “glam” hip hop. This album wouldn’t have been my top choice to do a sample collection on as it is one of my least favorite Jay-Z albums. Interestingly, Jay has said in interviews that this is the one album that he wishes he could go back and redo. There are a few nice gems on here (”A Million and One Questions” and “Imaginary Players”) and this is actually a pretty nice sample set. Thanks again to Thomas for hookin’ this up!
Edit: 5/20 - it’s been a while since we initially posted this set, but as you can see in the comments Thomas found about 4 samples that were missing. We’ve recompiled the set to include the missing files, so download again via the download link or you can just grab the individual tracks in the comments.
- “Let Me Go” by Latimore
- Sampled in “Intro/A Million and One Questions/Rhyme No More”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “One In A Million” by Aaliyah
- Sampled in “Intro/A Million and One Questions/Rhyme No More”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Car of Love” by Main Ingredient
- Sampled in “Intro/A Million and One Questions/Rhyme No More” and “Friend or Foe 98″
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Cause I Need It” by Dorothy Ashby
- Sampled in “Intro/A Million and One Questions/Rhyme No More”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Suspense Approaching & Landing” by John Cacavas
- Sampled in “Intro/A Million and One Questions/Rhyme No More”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “You Gonna Make It” by The Jones Girls
- Sampled in “The City Is Mine”
- Produced by Teddy Riley & Chad Hugo
- “You Belong To The City” by Glenn Frey
- Sampled in “The City Is Mine”
- Produced by Teddy Riley & Chad Hugo
- “Let’s Go All The Way” by Sly Fox
- Sampled in “I Know What Girls Like”
- Produced by Sean “Puffy” Combs & Ron “Amen-Ra” Lawrence for The Hitmen
- “I Know What Boys Like” by The Waitresses
- Sampled in “I Know What Girls Like”
- Produced by Sean “Puffy” Combs & Ron “Amen-Ra” Lawrence for The Hitmen
- “Imaginary Playmates” by Rene & Angela
- Sampled in “Imaginary Player”
- Produced by Daven “Prestige” Vanderpool
- “I Got The” by Labi Siffre
- Sampled in “Streets Is Watching”
- Produced by Ski
- “The Man Machine” by Kraftwerk
- Sampled in “(Always Be My) Sunshine”
- Produced by Daven “Prestige” Vanderpool
- “Rockin It” by the Fearless Four
- Sampled in “(Always Be My) Sunshine”
- Produced by Daven “Prestige” Vanderpool
- “Sunshine” by Alexander O’Neal
- Sampled in “(Always Be My) Sunshine”
- Produced by Daven “Prestige” Vanderpool
- “Night Love” by Jeff Lorber
- Sampled in “Who You Wit”
- Produced by Ski
- “Soul Makosa” by Man Dibango
- Sampled in “Face Off”
- Produced by The Trackmasters
- “Fopp” by the Ohio Players
- Sampled in “Rap Game/Crack Game”
- Produced by Big Jaz
- “Represent” by Nas
- Sampled in “Rap Game/Crack Game”
- Produced by Big Jaz
- “Myintroletuknow” by Outkast
- Sampled in “Rap Game/Crack Game”
- Produced by Big Jaz
- “Let Your Hair Down” by The Temptations
- Sampled in “Where I’m From”
- Produced by Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie & Ron “Amen-Ra” Lawrence for The Hitmen
- “Let Your Hair Down” by Yvonne Fair
- Sampled in “Where I’m From”
- Produced by Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie & Ron “Amen-Ra” Lawrence for The Hitmen
- “Young G’s” by Puff Daddy (feat Jay-Z)
- Sampled in “Where I’m From”
- Produced by Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie & Ron “Amen-Ra” Lawrence for The Hitmen
- “Madison Square Garden Freestyle” by The Notorious B.I.G. & 2Pac
- Sampled in “Where I’m From”
- Produced by Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie & Ron “Amen-Ra” Lawrence for The Hitmen
- “What I’m Waiting For” by The O’Jays
- Sampled in “You Must Love Me”
- Produced by Nashiem Myrick for The Hitmen
- “I’m Wishing On A Star” by Rose Royce
- Sampled in “Wishing On A Star”
- Produced by The Trackmasters
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wow, this is nice. Thanks Thomas :).
Hey kev, do you have any plans on lauching a sample set of any 9th wonder produced album?(Murs - 316: The 9th Edition or Little Brother - The Minstrel Show would be nice)
nice compilation here… great job
No, I don’t have any plans as of yet, but I’ll add those to my list.
Dope! Lovin this sample set.
De La Soul
De La Soul is Dead, Buhloone Mind State, Stakes is High, and The Grind Date preferably.
The Tribe one was lovely. This is nice too.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/11469937d94f5ee6/
“Sunshine” original sample. Fearless Four sampled this for their song. Still looking for “Car of Love.”
I have “Car of Love” Give me 10 mins!!
That’s right, we were missing that one. Looks like we’ll have to recompile this set.
Main Ingredient - “Car Of Love”
http://www.zshare.net/audio/12183600d8472315/
Aaliyah - “One in a Million”
http://www.zshare.net/audio/121837622833a3b6/
Sly Fox - “Lets Go All The Way”
http://www.zshare.net/audio/12183992aad772b8/
Three months in the making. Been searching all over the net for that “Car Of Love.” Gotta give props to Chris who post at 4brothers for upping this joint.
The Aaliyah is the scratched vocals and the Sly Fox I just found that added on wiki today….”Car Of Love” is the Jewel!
Im gonna recompile this one. That’s 4 samples we missed! Good lookin out Thomas. I can’t believe we missed the Sly Fox one initially!
“Madison Square Garden Freestyle” by The Notorious B.I.G. & 2Pac
what part of that is sampled in “Where I’m From” ??
Ridge…..that sample was a mistake on my part. carelessness on my part.
That’s cool, it’s still a gem
By the way, your Jay-Z collection is missing the R. Kelly collab albums’ samples, “The Best of Both Worlds” and “Unfinished Business”… If you choose to do it I can submit some of the sampled tracks!
Ridge send me the list for those Jay-Z/R.Kelly albums and I’ll look into them getting them together.
OK so here are the lists, not much samples on those albums I noticed:
The Best of Both Worlds
———————–
01. The Isley Brothers - Voyage to Atlantis
-Sampled in “It Ain’t Personal”
-Produced by Poke and Tone
02. The Bee Gees - Love You Inside Out
-Sampled in “Honey”
-Produced by Poke and Tone
03. Lyn Collins - Mama Feelgood
-Sampled in “Pussy”
-Produced by Charlemagne
Unfinished Business
——————-
01. A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour
-Sampled in “The Return”
-Produced by Tone
02. Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew - The Show
-Sampled in “The Return”
-Produced by Tone
03. Slick Rick - La Di Da Di
-Sampled in “The Return”
-Produced by Tone
04. Slick Rick - The Ruler’s Back
-Sampled in “The Return”
-Produced by Tone
05. The Stylistics - Break Up To Make Up
-Sampled in “Break Up (That’s All We Do)”
-Produced by Tone
06. Dr. Wong - Sukiyaki
-Sampled in “The Return (Remix)”
-Produced by Tone
I guess you could put them all together since there’s only 9 tracks combined..
Thanks for the research Ridge. There’s gotta be more samples than that used on the “Best of Both Worlds” discs. The Trackmasters are notorious for sampling. We’ll see if we can compile these though.
the link is dead,someone can re-up pleaz!
Can you please re-up this one and some of the Kanye West albums (College Dropout, Late Registration). Also, I’m desperately looking for acapellas for Reasonable Doubt and No Way Out. Where might I find ? Thanks!
so no samples were used for lucky me?
We couldn’t find a listing for “Lucky Me.” If you find it let us know. Buckwild produced it. Could be a replay.
Whats Going on? The link for this sample set is invalid can you produce another one please? Thank you
I’ll get a re-up
New link up!