We are finally getting this set out there! The Ownerz is Gang Starr‘s sixth and final album, released in 2003. Thomas and I have been working on this set for what seems like forever. It was highly requested a few months ago when we were compiling some of the other Gang Starr sets. Hip-Hop Is Read release a version about a month ago with just the samples that were “cleared”. Well we all know DJ Premier uses a ton of vocal samples to scratch in his classic beats. I know we haven’t gotten all of them, but we got quite a few. Thomas didn’t want to release it yet. Being the completist that he is, he said, “I know there are more vocal samples we’re missing… I won’t be satisified until I’ve found them all!” Just to let you all know how dedicated of a digger Thomas is, he actually sits there and listens to each vocal that Premo scratches in to figure out where he got it from. I told Thomas, “we gotta put this out… people are waiting for this… we have 22 samples… let’s get it out there already!”
So here it is… but I can bet you weeks or months from now, Thomas will be coming back with another vocal sample in the comments.
- “A Hot Day in Harlem” by The Rimshots
- From the album Soul Train (1972)
- Sampled in “Put Up Or Shut Up”
- “Wrath of My Madness” by Queen Latifah
- From the album All Hail The Queen (1989)
- Sampled in “Put Up Or Shut Up”
- “Nature Shines” by Nature
- From Nas’ album I Am (1999)
- Sampled in “Put Up Or Shut Up”
- “Coffee Cold” by Galt McDermot
- From the album Shapes of Rhythm (1966)
- Sampled in “Werdz From The Ghetto Child”
- “Bump Me” by Smoked Sugar
- From the album Smoked Sugar (1975)
- Sampled in “Sabotage”
- “Gonna Keep Tryin’ (Til I Win Your Love)” by The Temptations
- From the album Sky’s The Limit (1971)
- Sampled in “Rite Where U Stand”
- “Da Bridge 2001″ by Nas & others
- From the album QB’s Finest (2000)
- Sampled in “Rite Where U Stand”
- “Rapper Dapper Snapper” by Edwin Birdsong
- From the album Funtaztik (1981)
- Sampled in “Skills”
- “Shadows” by Mysterious Flying Orchestra
- From the album Mysterious Flying Orchestra (1977)
- Sampled in “Skills”
- “Rappers R. N. Dainja” by KRS-One
- From the album KRS-One (1995)
- Sampled in “Skills”
- “Beverly Hills” by Steve Gray *
- From the album ???
- Sampled in “Deadly Habitz”
- “Kung Fu” by Curtis Mayfield
- From the album Sweet Exorcist (1974)
- Sampled in “Nice Girl, Wrong Place”
- “Boom” by Royce da 5’9″
- From the album Rock City: Version 2.0 (2002)
- Sampled in “Peace of Mine”
- “Maybe This Will Be The Morning” by Chuck Jackson
- From the album Through All Times (1973)
- Sampled in “Who Got Gunz”
- “Part II” by Method Man & Redman
- From the album How High: Original Soundtrack (2001)
- Sampled in “Who Got Gunz”
- “Keep It Thoro” by Prodigy
- From the album H.N.I.C. (2000)
- Sampled in “Who Got Gunz”
- “Trapped” by Elmer Bernstein
- From the album Gold: Original Soundtrack (1974)
- Sampled in “Capture (Militia Pt. 3)”
- “Theme From Summer of 42″ by Maynard Ferguson
- From the album M.F. Horn 2 (1972)
- Sampled in “Riot Akt”
- “Distant Thoughts” by Hiroshima
- From the album Third Generation (1983)
- Sampled in “In This Life…”
- “Raptivity” by Ronnie Gee
- From the album Raptivity (1980)
- Sampled in “The Ownerz”
- “The Junkies” by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
- From the album The Education of Sonny Carson: Original Soundtrack (1974)
- Sampled in “Zonin”
- “Mass Appeal” by Gang Starr
- From the album Hard To Earn (1994)
- Sampled in “Zonin”
- “Life is What You Make It” by Nas & DMX
- From the album I Am (1999)
- Sampled in “Zonin”
* unavailable in compilation
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