Isley Brothers: DJ Quik vs. Royal Flush Ent.

Isley Brothers: “Voyage To Atlantis”
From Go For Your Guns (1977)

Snoop Dogg: “Press Play”
From Ego Trippin’ (2008)
Produced by DJ Quik

Big Boi: “Royal Flush”
From Sir Lucious Left Foot (2008)
Produced by Rick Walker & John Ward of Royal Flush Ent.

I was sittin’ around last night thinking we hadn’t done one of these in a while. With all the sample sets we’ve been pumping out, I notice a lot of the same samples being used. It’s nice to compare those tracks with one another and see who flipped the sample better.

I recently noticed two songs that are out now sampled the Isley Brothers song “Voyage To Atlantis”. DJ Quik used it in “Press Play”, off of Snoop Dogg‘s new album Ego Trippin’. I’m not a fan of the new Snoop album, but you gotta admit DJ Quik flipped the hell out of this sample.

The Isley Brothers song is also sampled in the new Big Boi track, “Royal Flush”, which was produced by Rick Walker & John Ward of Royal Flush Entertainment. Though the sample is not laced throughout the whole track, it is in there nonetheless.

I don’t think there’s much debate between these two track. This is probably more of a Sample & Example post, a la Hip-Hop Is Read. At any rate, here’s your sample history lesson for the day!