Step In The Arena: Original Samples

These Gang Starr sample sets are really special. They just go to show that DJ Premier is one hell of a crate digger. This set right here, based on the 1991 sophomore release Step In The Arena, has 40 samples of funk, jazz, and old school hip hop. What more can you ask for? Well we’re missing one track off this set… check the credits below. Can we get a hook up?

1. “Fantasy Interlude” by The Originals
   • Sampled in “Name Tag (Premier & the Guru)”
2. “Bumpin Bus Stop” by Thunder And Lightning
   • Sampled in “Step In The Arena”
3. “A Blow For Me, A Toot To You” by Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns
   
   • Sampled in “Step In The Arena”
4. “Four Play” by Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns
   
   • Sampled in “Step In The Arena”
5. “Never Let Em Say” by Ballin’ Jack
   
   • Sampled in “Step In The Arena”
6. “Better Half” by Maceo & All The King”s Men
   
   • Sampled in “Form Of Intellect”
7. “Dope Beat” by Boogie Down Productions
   
   • Sampled in “Form Of Intellect”
8. “Holy War” by Divine Force
   
   • Sampled in “Form Of Intellect”
9. “Here I Come” by Lord Finesse
   
   • Sampled in “Form Of Intellect”
10. “Don’t It Drive You Crazy” by The Pointer Sisters
    
    • Sampled in “Execution Of A Chump (No More Mr. Nice Guy Pt. 2)”
11. “Who’s Gonna Take The Weight?” by Kool & The Gang
    
    • Sampled in “Who”s Gonna Take The Weight”
12. “Parrty” by Maceo & The Macks
    
    • Sampled in “Who”s Gonna Take The Weight”
13. “To Da Break Of Dawn” by LL Cool J
    
    • Sampled in “Who”s Gonna Take The Weight”
    • Sampled in “Check The Technique”
14. “Up On Cripple Creek” by The Band
    
    • Sampled in “Beyond Comprehension”
15. “California Soul” by Marlena Shaw
    
    • Sampled in “Check The Technique”
16. “Keep Your Eyes on The Prize” by Marley Marl
    
    • Sampled in “Check The Technique”
17. “Trying To Make A Fool Of Me” by The Delfonics
    
    • Sampled in “Lovesick”
18. “Pain” by Ohio Players
    
    • Sampled in “Lovesick”
19. “Never Had A Dream” by Ohio Players
    
    • Sampled in “Lovesick”
20. “Ain”t There Something Money Can”t Buy” by Young-Holt Unlimited
    
    • Sampled in “Lovesick”
21. “You”ll Like It Too” by Funkadelic
    
    • Sampled in “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow”
22. “Crosswind” by Billy Cobham
    
    • Sampled in “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow”
23. “Just Rhymin” With Biz” by Big Daddy Kane
    
    • Sampled in “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow”
24. “Ease Back” by Ultramagnetic MC’s
    
    • Sampled in “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow”
25. “UFO” by ESG
    
    • Sampled in “Take A Rest”
26. “T Plays It Cool” by Marvin Gaye
    
    • Sampled in “Take A Rest”
27. “Give it Up” by Kool & The Gang
    
    • Sampled in “Take A Rest”
28. “Right On For The Darkness” by Curtis Mayfield
    
    • Sampled in “Take A Rest”
29. “Funky Miracle” by The Meters
    
    • Sampled in “Take A Rest”
30. “Rapper”s Delight” by Sugar Hill Gang
    
    • Sampled in “Take A Rest”
31. “Poetry” by Boogie Down Productions
    
    • Sampled in “Take A Rest”
32. “Nose Job” by James Brown
    
    • Sampled in “What You Want This Time”
33. “Leaward Winds” by Billy Cobham
    
    • Sampled in “Street Ministry”
34. “E.V.A.” by Jean Jacques Perrey
    
    • Sampled in “Just To Get A Rep”
35. “Funky For You” by Nice & Smooth
    
    • Sampled in “Just To Get A Rep”
36. “Eazy Street” by Eazy-E
    
    • Sampled in “Just To Get A Rep”
37. “Wilford”s Gone” by The Blackbyrds
    
    • Sampled in “Say Your Prayers”
38. “Easy To Be Hard” by Kole & Param *
    • Sampled in “As I Read My S-A”
39. “Inside Love” by Brethren
    
    • Sampled in “Precisely The Right Rhymes”
40. “Magdalena” by Leo Sayer
    
    • Sampled in “Precisely The Right Rhymes”

* unavailable in compilation
** all tracks produced by DJ Premier

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Diggin’ In Da Crates with Gang Starr:

• No More Mr. Nice Guy
• Daily Operation
• Hard To Earn
• Moment of Truth