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.
- “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
- “Got To Give The People What They Want” by The O’Jays
- Sampled in “Premier and the Guru”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Les Fleurs” by Ramsey Lewis
- Sampled in “Jazz Music”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “I Got You (I Feel Good)” by James Brown
- Sampled in “Got U”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Give it Up Or Turnit a Loose (Remix)” by James Brown
- Sampled in “Got U”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” by James Brown
- Sampled in “Got U”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “A Night in Tunisia” by Dizzy Gillespie
- Sampled in “Manifest”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Bring it Up (Hipster’s Avenue)” by James Brown
- Sampled in “Manifest”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Word to the Mother(Land)” by Big Daddy Kane
- Sampled in “Manifest”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Express” by B.T. Express
- Sampled in “Gusto”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Freddie’s Dead” by Curtis Mayfield
- Sampled in “Gusto”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Funky Stuff” by Kool & the Gang
- Sampled in “DJ Premier in Deep Concentration”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Summer Madness” by Kool & the Gang
- Sampled in “DJ Premier in Deep Concentration”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Handclapping Song” by The Meters
- Sampled in “DJ Premier in Deep Concentration”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Summertime” by Billy Stewart
- Sampled in “DJ Premier in Deep Concentration”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Stoop Rap” by DJ Grand Wizard Theodore
- Sampled in “DJ Premier in Deep Concentration”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “I Ain’t No Joke” by Eric B. & Rakim
- Sampled in “DJ Premier in Deep Concentration”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Live Wire” by The Meters
- Sampled in “Cause and Effect”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Hot Pants” by James Brown
- Sampled in “2 Steps Ahead”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Change le Beat” by Fab Five Freddy
- Sampled in “2 Steps Ahead”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Message from the Soul Sisters” by Vicki Anderson
- Sampled in “No More Mr. Nice Guy”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe (Part 2)” by Jimmy Smith
- Sampled in “No More Mr. Nice Guy”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Funky President” by James Brown
- Sampled in “Knowledge”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Changin’” by Brass Construction
- Sampled in “Positivity”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “One Man Band” by Monk Higgins & the Specialties
- Sampled in “Positivity”
- Produced by DJ Premier
- “Everytime I Turn Around (Back in Love Again)” by L.T.D.
- Sampled in “Here’s the Proof”
- Produced by DJ Premier
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u done did it again. keep diz up fam.
are we still keeping count?
man, I done lost count!
My count is 97 with this one and Alex’s Fat Joe sets (assuming they are counted as one). John has 2 to release and then….
Damn son. I might have to go back to rocking a hi top fade for this one. Dopeness pure Dopeness.
Yo whats up with a Rza “birth of a prince” sample set? (real talk i wanna hear what “the grunge” was sampled from)
As far as the next contest i think remixing somebody’s album would be ill. If you can get the Raekwon “Immobilarity” vocals that would be sick.
Peace
LMAO @ Tokyo! Yeah, we’ll look into the RZA set.
I thought about doing a remix contest if a whole album, but those acapellas are hard to come by. I might be able to hook that up for an underground artist though…
Kev: good idea like the thought of an underground artist remix album thingy thangy
peace!
No doubt Kev. Good looking out on analyzing that Rza joint.
An underground artist album would be mad cool to lace.
By the way that Spectac and 9th wonder joint is hellfire hot. ( nice interview too ) Nothing warms the heart like hearing a fly filtered bassline laced with chunky drums and ill loops.
peace
Tokyo cigar is on point with the rza sample set, that album is banger!
I think Gusto was done by DJ Mark the 45 King, not Premo.
For real? Thanks for setting that straight Josh!
dope!
Premier & The Guru is also Fantasy Interlude by The Originals
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