Common’s 1994 sophomore album, Resurrection, is probably one of my favorites from the Chi-Town emcee. The is the album that gave him a great deal of recognition with his critically acclaimed song “I Used To Love H.E.R.”. The album was mostly produced by No I.D., who polished up on his production techniques from Can I Borrow a Dollar, providing for Common, a canvas full of lush jazz samples, deep, throbbing basslines, dusty, thumping drums, and crackling snares. With the majority of tracks handled by one producer (the exceptions being “Chapter 13″ and “Sum Shit I Wrote” by Ynot), the album maintains a cohesive feel and fluid sequencing. Fans of No I.D. often cite this album as his best work.
Similar to other hip hop productions of the time, the sources for many of the samples are from less obvious choices such as The New Apocalypse, and their cover of “Get Out Of My Life, Woman”, which is used for the song “Watermelon”. This was an interesting choice as No I.D. previously sampled the original “Get Out Of My Life, Woman” by Lee Dorsey in “Breaker 1/9″.
Out of 27 samples listed, there was only one that we could not get a copy of — the sample for “Communism” (see credits below). But we’ve also included the sample for “The Bitch in Yoo” which was not on Resurrection, but released shortly after Ice Cube’s lyrical attack at Common. Enjoy the set and thanks again to Thomas for hookin’ this up!
- “The Signs Pt. II” by David Axelrod
- Sampled in “Resurrection”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Why Can’t People Be Colors Too?” by The Whatnauts
- Sampled in “Resurrection”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Help Is On The Way” by The Whatnauts
- Sampled in “Resurrection”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Dolphin Dance” by Ahmad Jamal
- Sampled in “Resurrection”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Sorcerer Of Isis” by Power of Zeus
- Sampled in “Resurrection”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Ice” by Spirit
- Sampled in “Resurrection”
- Produced by No I.D.
- The Changing World” by George Benson
- Sampled in “I Used To Love H.E.R.”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Get Out Of My Life, Woman” by The New Apocalypse
- Sampled in “Watermelon”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Just Rhymin’ With Biz” by Big Daddy Kane
- Sampled in “Watermelon”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Everybody Loves The Sunshine” by Roy Ayers
- Sampled in “Book Of Life”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Bust The Facts” by Ultramagnetic MCs
- Sampled in “Book Of Life”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Mixed Up Cup” by Clyde McPhatter
- Sampled in “In My Own World (Check The Method)”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “But Not For Me” by The Modern Jazz Quartet
- Sampled in “In My Own World (Check The Method)” and “Maintaining”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Keep It Rollin’” by A Tribe Called Quest & The Large Professor
- Sampled in “In My Own World (Check The Method)”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Leroy The Magician” by Gary Burton
- Sampled in “Nuttin’ To Do”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Protect Ya Neck” by Wu-Tang Clan
- Sampled in “Nuttin’ To Do”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “The Surest Things Can Change” by Freddie Hubbard *
- Sampled in “Communism”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Capricorn: The Gentle” by Cannonball Adderley
- Sampled in “WMOE”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Las Vegas Tango” by Gary Burton
- Sampled in “WMOE”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Power Of Love” by Alton McClain & Destiny
- Sampled in “Thisisme”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Momma Miss America” by Paul McCartney & Wings
- Sampled in “Thisisme” and “Pop’s Rap”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Build and Destroy” by KRS-One
- Sampled in “Thisisme”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Hostile” by Erick Sermon & Keith Murray
- Sampled in “Orange Pineapple Juice”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Cross Country” by Archie Whitewater
- Sampled in “Chapter 13 (Rich Man Vs. Poor Man)”
- Produced by Ynot
- “Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy” by Big Daddy Kane
- Sampled in “Chapter 13 (Rich Man Vs. Poor Man)”
- Produced by Ynot
- “Scenario (Remix)” by A Tribe Called Quest
- Sampled in “Maintaining”
- Produced by No I.D.
- “Light My Fire” by Brian Auger & The Trinity & Julie Driscoll [BONUS]
- Sampled in “The Bitch in Yoo”
- Produced by Pete Rock
- Also contains the following vocal samples… “Eye For A Eye (Your Beef is Mines)” by Mobb Deep, “Suspended in Time” by Group Home, and “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” by Fishbone.
* unavailable in compilation
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A possible reason you didn’t find the sample is because the title of Hubbard’s song is: “The Surest Things Can Change” and not Come. It’s on the “Super Blue” album.
Thanks. Gold in this one.
thanks !!
Props for this Kevin, was wanting these samples for a while. Bulldog did a somewhat incomplete set of these a while back here;
http://bmusicsite.blogspot.com/2008/03/like-water-for-chocolate-sampls.html
LOL, always thought you, I van or Goon will drop ‘em, & I was right, so thanks once again.
[i]*shuts up, proceeds to download*[/i]
Excellent. I’ve been waiting for this one. Many thanks for this as well as all of the other sample sets!
Yeah, you’re right Gastro… that was a typo on my part. Still can’t find it though.
SmokeYYY, Bulldog did Like Water For Chocolate; a great but totally different Common album.
Damn, I feel like n00b, LOL. Hmm, I don’t know what mad me link Bulldog’s site their, I was sure he put ‘em up, I’ll go take a look now. Props for this anyway!
yo,good work on the Illmatic samples!could you post these ones on rapidshare?megaupload doesnt work here for some reason!
Cheers from India!
I found the “The Surest Things Can Change” track but it’s taking Azureus forever to download (I’m talking sub 1kb/s speed) so we’ll see.
what about the sample for nothin to do?the horns,not the drums
hmmm…. no other listing for that track other than the two I listed here. You sure it’s a sample?
yeah,its a sample…I heard it in sample cd,I believe by kon and amir,but Im not sure
Cool, we’ll have to look into that one… thanks!
I could be wrong,but here’s the info I have for the sample
group:living jazz
album:hot butter & soul
song:walk on by
if you can find that album,maybe the sample is in that song.
Thanks a lot, checkman! We’ll look into it!
Good work. I love this blog.
But that’s the wrong Cannonball Adderly song listed as sampled for ‘WMOE’.
This is the correct one, also sampled by Pete Rock for ‘In The House’, sampled on Crusified Dibbs ‘Every Record Label Sucks Dick’, and many others.
Cannonball Adderly Quintet – ‘Capricorn’ http://www.divshare.com/download/7283720-4c4
I appreciate the work you guys put in here. I’m always finding some new old funk I never knew about through these sample sets. Peace.
Do any of you happen to know the sample No I.D used on Orange Pinapple Juice?, it’s also the same sample used on Nas’ Deja Vu,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-7ZtDoyieU
i’ve been diggin’ looking for that for the longest time with no luck at all
@max- I’m not positive, but it sounds like it could be off of Less McCann’s “Layers” album.
Maybe from the same song sampled for Slick Rick’s “Behind Bars”.
Just a wild guess, though.
checkman, Kevin I found a link to that nothin to do here it is
http://wegotrecords.blogspot.com/2008/12/living-jazz-hot-butter-soul-1970.html
Has anyone found the Orange Pinapple Juice sample yet? I know if anyone can find it you guys can