What’s a little competition between label mates? Turns out the track that we leaked earlier this week from Nobody Famous sampled the same Donny Hathaway joint that fellow HiPNOTT artist Has-Lo flipped on a previous track that he did. Both producers did the damn thing with this sample, but let’s see what you all think. Who flipped it better?
“I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know” by Donny Hathaway
From the album Extension Of A Man (1973)
“King” by Nobody Famous Unreleased (2007)
Produced by Nobody Famous
“Ain’t Got It In Ya” by Has-Lo
From Small Metal Objects (2008)
Produced by Has-Lo
We’ve featured a couple 9th wonder related post within the last couple of days and they generated some great discussions. We did a flip with 9th versus Charles Hamilton and Kev posted a video where 9th talks about music and the art of sampling. This post seemed to bring out passion among our readers (check the post).
Someone mentioned that 9th is one of the best producers ever and how the flips are worthless because 9th will win every time (paraphrasing). So lets put those two opinions to test. We know 9th is a huge fan of Pete Rock, DJ Premier, and RZA’s production. Since we’ve already put 9th up against Pete Rock last year lets see how he’ll do against his other idols.
Jazz artist Bob James and his music has been sampled heavily throughout Hip Hop’s history and his song “Nautilus” is one of the most sampled songs ever….so lets see how the young vet does against the legends. Huge fan of all three…..this is tough.
Charles Hamilton dropped a track two weeks ago called “Bud Dwyer” and it used a familiar sample (Bobby Womack’s “And I Love Her”) used by 9th Wonder. I really am assuming that Charles produced this joint in light of the accusations of him stealing other peoples music (he address this issue somewhat on the track). Nevertheless, lets see how he matches up with Mr. Douthit.
When I first heard the new track from Method Man & Redman (”Ayo”), I thought the sample sounded very familiar. Turns out my man 20 Keys flipped the same sample last year for one of my favorite tracks off Trav Williams‘ The Trickle Down.
So in preparation for the release of Trav’s IllTravis tomorrow, I thought it was appropriate to put these two tracks up against each other. A legend (Pete Rock) against a newcomer (20 Keys). Hit the jump and tell us who you think flipped the sample better.
Phyllis Hyman: “Magic Mona”
From the Fish That Saved Pittsburgh Soundtrack (1979)
Method Man & Redman: “Ayo”
From the album Blackout 2 (2009)
Produced by Pete Rock
Trav Williams: “Something New”
From the album The Trickle Down (2008)
Produced by 20 Keys
Rose Royce: “Love Is In The Air”
From the album Golden Touch (1980)
Little Brother: “Good Clothes”
From the album Getback (2007)
Produced by Illmind
Trav Williams: “For You”
From the mixtape The Learning Curve (2008)
Produced by G.C.
If you’re bumpin the new Trav Williams mixtape (which you should be), you’ll notice a couple of originals produced by my man G.C. I remember when G.C. first emailed me the beat “For You”. I was like, I don’t know man, that’s that “Good Clothes” sample; Illmind already did his thing with that. But once I got that LB track out of my head and the dude Trav Wiliams hoped on it, it was all over.
So I wanna know what you all think. The Illmind flip is classic; how did G.C. do?
Al Green: “I Wish You Were Here”
From the album Al Green Is Love (1975)
Consequence: “The Good, The Bad, The Ugly”
From the album Take Em To The Cleaners (2007)
Produced by Kanye West
Nas: “Shootouts”
From the album It Was Written (1996)
Produced by Trackmasters
I hope everyone has been enjoying the holiday and hopefully the mixtape post and the couple of posts today from Carsten has been able to hold people over. I’ve been spending some much needed time with my family and Kanye Week has been the furthest thing from my mind. Plus I think I ate too much turkey, cuz man I’m tired! lol But that doesn’t mean that we’re not gonna finish the week up with a bang.
So here’ our last Kanye sample match up. What’cha think?
Lou Rawls: “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy”
From the album You’ve Made Me So Very Happy (1969)
Consequence: “Grammy Family” featuring Kanye West & John Legend
From the album Don’t Quit Your Day Job (2007)
Produced by Kanye West
N’Telligence: “Good Morning South Carolina (Let’s Go)”
From the album Black Boy Lost (2008)
Produced by MIDIMarc
Yeah, I put you out there MIDI! But that’s what your ass gets for shinin’…. shine on playa! All week we’ve been putting Kanye up against some more well known producers and Kanye’s been in the lead. This time we gonna put him up against some lesser known talent and honestly, I think MIDIMarc has got Ye beat! MIDI’s flip is so much more soulful and just when you’re thinking the beat is getting repetitive he goes and changes the key. Damn! Tell me you all don’t agree…
Creative Source: “I’d Find You Anywhere”
From the album Consider The Source (1976)
The Game: “Wouldn’t Get Far”
From the album Doctor’s Advocate (2006)
Produced by Kanye West
Jadakiss: “By Your Side”
From the album Kiss of Death (2004)
Produced by Baby Grand
Not really much contest in this flip… Kanye’s got this by a long shot. Anyone else think differently? This is one of my favorite Kanye productions and it’s interesting to see this sample used somewhere else. No, that’s not Baby Grand in the pic next to Mr. West. His mug was nowhere to be found on the Internet so I put Jada up.
Aretha Franklin: “Call Me”
From the album This Girl’s In Love With You (1970)
Slum Village: “Selfish”
From the album Detroit Deli: A Taste of Detroit (2004)
Produced by Kanye West
Method Man: “Spazzola”
From the album Tical 2000: Judgement Day (1999)
Produced by Inspectah Deck
We all know the beat by Mr. West (one of my favs), but Inspectah Deck used the Aretha Franklin sample first for a track he did with fellow Wu-Tang member Method Man. Two different takes on the classic “Call Me.” Which is better?
Nina Simone: “Sinnerman”
From the album Pastel Blues (1965)
Talib Kweli: “Get By”
From the album Quality (2002)
Produced by Kanye West
Timbaland: “Oh Timbaland”
From the album Shock Value (2007)
Produced by Timbaland
Well, Deez called it… his favorite Kanye produced track, “Get By”. I’ll agree with Deez, what Kanye did with the sample is amazing. But are you familiar with what Timbaland did with it? I think Timbo was definitely inspired by Kanye to use the sample, but he put that umph on it like no one else can. What do you think?
Alec R. Costandinos: “Quasimodo’s Marriage”
From the album Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1978)
Blood Raw: “Get Away”
From the album My Life: The True Testimony (2008)
Produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League
Beanie Sigel: “What Ya Life Like Pt. 2″
From the album The Reason (2001)
Produced by Just Blaze
Here we are… another edition of “Who flipped it better?”. Thomas actually came up with this one. I had never heard the Blood Raw track before. The original sample is a nice composition. Just Blaze sampled is first, but did the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League put enough spin on it to justify sampling it again? So check the tracks, check the original, and tell us what you think!
Black Ivory: “You and I”
From the album Don’t Turn Around (1972)
Q-Tip: “Gettin’ Up”
From the album The Renaissance (2008)
Produced by Q-Tip
Madlib “Understanding (Comprehension)”
From the album The Beat Konducta: Movie Scenes Vol 1-2 (2006)
Produced by Madlib
Last official post for Q-Tip Week… it has really been a blast! I wanna thank my contributers Beads, Deez, Krome, and Thomas for helping out tremendously this week. Without them, this week would not have been what it was. Make sure you got out and support real hip hop and buy The Renaissance! And look out for more artist themed weeks here at the site. Coming up in a few weeks, we’ll be celebrating new albums from Kanye West and Common. So if you think this week was hot, just wait until we hit those weeks up!
Aight, on to this flip. I absolutely love the sample Tip used in his latest track “Gettin’ Up”. It really makes the song. A couple years back, Madlib flipped the same sample for a track off his Beat Konducta series. Check em out and tell me who you think flipped the original better!
Love Unlimited Orchestra: “I Wanna Stay”
From the album Music Maestro Please (1975)
Q-Tip: “Vivrant Thing”
From the album Amplified (1999)
Produced by Q-Tip & J. Dilla
The Coup: “Sneakin’ In”
From the album Steal This Album (1998)
Produced by Boots Riley
You know we couldn’t finish up Q-Tip Week without doing a couple of sample flips! Tip’s hit song “Vivrant Thing”off his debut solo album uses a sample from Love Unlimited Orchestra’s “I Wanna Stay”. Underground Oakland hip hop duo The Coup used the same sample in their track “Sneakin’ In”. Who flipped it better?
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes: “Wake Up Everybody”
From the album Wake Up Everybody (1975)
Nicolay: “What It Used To Be” feat. Wiz Khalifa
From the album Here (2006)
Produced by Nicolay
Rapper Big Pooh: “Every Block” feat. Phonte
From the album Sleepers (2005)
Produced by 9th Wonder
I know Nicolay is gonna hate me for putting him up against 9th, but this was the best sample I could come up with for a “Who flipped it better?”. The thing is, it seems that every producer associated with the Justus League is constantly compared to 9th Wonder. Why? Cuz 9th is the Justus League originating producer? Cuz their sound is the same? Or cuz Ninth is just that good? At any rate, Nicolay stands well on his own and if he was ever viewed as being under the shadows of 9th Wonder, he has well crawled out of them now.
Back to the sample… Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. Who doesn’t love this song? Both Nicolay and Ninth flipped the hell out of it. But who flipped it better?
Honey Cone: ”Innocent ‘Til Proven Guilty”
From the album Love, Peace, and Soul (1972)
Murs: “I’m Innocent”
From the album Murs For President (2008)
Produced by 9th Wonder
Common: “Testify”
From the album Be (2005)
Produced by Kanye West
I’ve been rockin’ the new Murs album all day today. As I’m reading through the linear note (or credits), I notice that one of my favorite tracks on the album (the 9th Wonder-produced “I’m Innocent”) samples the same track Kanye West used on Common’s “Testify” a few years ago! I couldn’t believe my eyes. As I listened closer I could definitely hear the sample, but DAMN did Ninth flip the hell out of that or what?
I gotta give props to Kanye, who flipped it first on one of my favorite tracks from Be. But what do you all think? Who flipped it better?
Oh yeah, by the way…. I normally don’t do this, but… Murs For President: Original Samples coming soon!
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