No More Mr. Nice Guy: Original Samples

Another Sunday, another Gang Starr sample set. This time, we’re taking it back to their debut album, No More Mr. Nice Guy. Released in 1989, this album wasn’t the most successful for DJ Premier and Guru, but it was still hot nonetheless. In 2003, No More Mr. Nice Guy was re-issued with a few bonus tracks. We’ve included those samples here as well.

Before we get onto the tracklist, let me formally congratulate Tuche for winning last week’s remix contest with his remix to Jay-Z‘s “Can’t Knock The Hustle.” We’re gonna be compiling the winners from all 12 weeks of the contest, along with a few of my favorite picks, and compiling them into a mixtape for widest distribution. So look for that in the coming weeks. And this won’t be the end of the remixes either… we’ll kick off our second remix contest sometime before the end of the month!

Ok, let’s get back to these samples. Sharebee is acting up so I’ll put these on Rapidshare and Megaupload.

1. “If It Don’t Turn You On (You Outta Leave It Alone)” by BT Express
   • Sampled in “Premier and the Guru”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
2. “Got To Give The People What They Want” by The O’Jays
   • Sampled in “Premier and the Guru”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
3. “Les Fleurs” by Ramsey Lewis
   • Sampled in “Jazz Music”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
4. “I Got You (I Feel Good)” by James Brown
   • Sampled in “Got U”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
5. “Give it Up Or Turnit a Loose (Remix)” by James Brown
   • Sampled in “Got U”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
6. “Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” by James Brown
   • Sampled in “Got U”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
7. “A Night in Tunisia” by Dizzy Gillespie
   • Sampled in “Manifest”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
8. “Bring it Up (Hipster’s Avenue)” by James Brown
   • Sampled in “Manifest”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
9. “Word to the Mother(Land)” by Big Daddy Kane
   • Sampled in “Manifest”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
10. “Express” by B.T. Express
    • Sampled in “Gusto”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
11. “Freddie’s Dead” by Curtis Mayfield
    • Sampled in “Gusto”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
12. “Funky Stuff” by Kool & the Gang
    • Sampled in “DJ Premier in Deep Concentration”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
13. “Summer Madness” by Kool & the Gang
    • Sampled in “DJ Premier in Deep Concentration”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
14. “Handclapping Song” by The Meters
    • Sampled in “DJ Premier in Deep Concentration”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
      
15. “Summertime” by Billy Stewart
    • Sampled in “DJ Premier in Deep Concentration”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
16. “Stoop Rap” by DJ Grand Wizard Theodore
    • Sampled in “DJ Premier in Deep Concentration”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
17. “I Ain’t No Joke” by Eric B. & Rakim
    • Sampled in “DJ Premier in Deep Concentration”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
18. “Live Wire” by The Meters
    • Sampled in “Cause and Effect”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
19. “Hot Pants” by James Brown
    • Sampled in “2 Steps Ahead”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
20. “Change le Beat” by Fab Five Freddy
    • Sampled in “2 Steps Ahead”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
21. “Message from the Soul Sisters” by Vicki Anderson
    • Sampled in “No More Mr. Nice Guy”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
22. “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe (Part 2)” by Jimmy Smith
    • Sampled in “No More Mr. Nice Guy”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
23. “Funky President” by James Brown
    • Sampled in “Knowledge”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
24. “Changin’” by Brass Construction
    • Sampled in “Positivity”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
25. “One Man Band” by Monk Higgins & the Specialties
    • Sampled in “Positivity”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
26. “Everytime I Turn Around (Back in Love Again)” by L.T.D.
    • Sampled in “Here’s the Proof”
    • Produced by DJ Premier

• Rapidshare Download:
  • No More Mr. Nice Guy: Original Samples Part 1
  • No More Mr. Nice Guy: Original Samples Part 2
• Megaupload Download:
  • No More Mr. Nice Guy: Original Samples [158 MB]