I know you’re wondering, “hasn’t this sample set been done before?”. Yes it has. In fact, it has been attempted not one, not two, not even three, but four times prior to this post. So why revist it? The contrubutors here at This Is Hip Hop and I are preparing for our next Artist Week and it just happens to be a week dedicated to Common. No, sorry, it’s not this week. It’ll be next month. Anyway, I was looking through all the sample sets we’ve done for Common and looking for the site that compiled Finding Forever. Props to HipHopST, who seem to have compiled it first, then to MIC CHECK, Milk Crate Breaks, and finally Bulldog who had it up prior to his site crashing.
While all of these site did a great job in compiling the Finding Forever samples, they just didn’t have that This Is Hip Hop treatment. So we just decided to make it official. While compiling the set, we came up with a whooping 8 samples more than the other guys had. That’s right, 23 samples in this set. Hope we didn’t step on anyone’s toes by putting this set out. With it being one of my favorite albums from Common, I just had to!
- “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” by Dorothy Ashby
- From the album Dorothy’s Harp (1969)
- Sampled in “Start The Show”
- Produced by Kanye West
- “The Windmills Of Your Mind” by Dorothy Ashby
- From the album Dorothy’s Harp (1969)
- Sampled in “Start The Show”
- Produced by Kanye West
- “Ode to Billy Joe” by Lou Donaldson
- From the album Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967)
- Sampled in “Start The Show”
- Produced by Kanye West
- “Long Red” by Mountain
- From the album Mountain Live (1972)
- Sampled in “The People”
- Produced by Kanye West
- “We Almost Lost Detroit” by Gil Scott-Heron
- From the album Bridges (1977)
- Sampled in “The People”
- Produced by Kanye West
- “Let The Drums Speak” by Fatback Band
- From the album Yum Yum (1975)
- Sampled in “The People”
- Produced by Kanye West
- “Love Has Fallen On Me” by The New Rotary Connection
- From the album Hey Love (1971)
- Sampled in “Drivin’ Me Wild”
- Produced by Kanye West & Lily Allen
- “You’re Getting a Little Too Smart” by The Detroit Emeralds
- From the album I’m In Love With You (1973)
- Sampled in “I Want You”
- Produced by will.i.am
- “Baby, This Love I Have” by Minnie Riperton
- From the album Adventures In Paradise (1975)
- Sampled in “I Want You”
- Produced by will.i.am
- “Feel Like Making Love” by Bob James
- From the album One (1974)
- Sampled in “I Want You”
- Produced by will.i.am
- “It’s A New Day” by Skull Snaps
- From the album Skull Snaps (1973)
- Sampled in “I Want You”
- Produced by will.i.am
- “If There’s a Will There’s a Way” by Don Covay & The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
- From the album Different Strokes for Different Folks (1970)
- Sampled in “Southside”
- Produced by Kanye West
- “Tezeta” by Seyfu Yohannes
- From the album Ethiopiques (2000)
- Sampled in “The Game”
- Produced by Kanye West
- “Half Good, Half Sinner” by O.C.
- From the 12″ single “Half Good, Half Sinner” (2001)
- Sampled in “The Game”
- Produced by Kanye West
- “The Corner” by Common
- From the album Be (2005)
- Sampled in “The Game”
- Produced by Kanye West
- “Black Maybe” by Syreeta
- From the album Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta (1974)
- Sampled in “U, Black Maybe”
- Produced by Kanye West
- “Don’t Say Goodnight” by The Isley Brothers
- From the album Go All the Way (1980)
- Sampled in “So Far To Go”
- Produced by J Dilla
- “As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still” by Soft Machine
- From the album Volume Two (1969)
- Sampled in “So Far To Go”
- Produced by J Dilla
- “Someday” by George Duke
- From the album I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry (1975)
- Sampled in “Break My Heart”
- Produced by Kanye West
- “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” by Nina Simone
- From the album Broadway-Blues-Ballads (1964)
- Sampled in “Misunderstood”
- Produced by Devo Springsteen
- “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” by Paul Simon
- From the album Still Crazy after All These Years (1975)
- Sampled in “Forever Begins”
- Produced by Kanye West
- “She’s Leaving Home” by Syreeta
- From the album Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta (1974)
- Sampled in “Forever Begins”
- Produced by Kanye West
Bonus Track
- “Under The Street Lamp” by Joe Bataan
- From the album Singin’ Some Soul (1972)
- Sampled in “Play Your Cards Right”
- Produced by Karriem Riggin
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- Finding Forever: The Samples
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- Late Registration: Original Samples
- Be: Original Samples
- Review: Finding Forever
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