Who Flipped It Better?

Who Flipped It Better?: J Dilla: The Look of Love

by Morgan February 10, 2012 Debates

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Yo KN readers! In honor of February being the late great J Dilla month, today’s installment of Who Flipped It Better will examine one of my favorite Jay Dee produced tracks from his expansive catalogue from Slum Village’s classic Fan-Tas-Tic Vol.1. “The Look Of Love” samples Barney Kessel’s great jazz guitar cut of the same [...]

Who Flipped It Better?: 9th Wonder vs. Slimkat78

by Morgan January 16, 2012 Debates

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Happy New Year to our readers and welcome to this year’s first installment of KN’s, Who Flipped It Better. Beginning with the sample of choice for the entry, “Let Me Ride,” we’re looking at an impeccably soulful song courtesy of 1970’s Chi-Sound Records band, Windy City. This song was flipped to create the two instrumentals [...]

Who Flipped It Better?: Big K.R.I.T. vs. Black Rob

by Morgan November 18, 2011 Who Flipped It Better?

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Ayers’ smooth cut “Sensitize,” courtesy of his 1974 album, Change Up the Groove, created the foundation for this week’s battle of Who Flipped It Better. In this edition, we match up Mississippi rapper/producer Big K.R.I.T.’s, “Made A Lot” from his self-produced mixtape Return of 4eva vs. Black Rob’s “Life Story,” the title track off Rob’s [...]

Who Flipped It Better? Dom Kennedy vs. Black Moon

by Morgan November 11, 2011 Who Flipped It Better?

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For this addition of Who Flipped it Better, we match up Dom Kennedy’s, “Playa’s Punch” vs. Black Moon’s, “How Many MC’s.” East and West Coast, new school vs. old school, whose producer(s) built a better song out of the awesome bass guitar on Grover Washington Jr.’s, “Hydra?” As one of the most recognizable samples ever [...]

Who Flipped It Better?: Jay Rock (All I Know Is) vs. Biz Markie (Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz)

by Morgan October 28, 2011 Who Flipped It Better?

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Eighties icon Biz Markie and Watts spitter Jay Rock are polar opposites of the Hip Hop world. In terms of style, content, era, and basically everything else, their music is completely different from each other. However, one thing that they have shared is rhyming over a sample flip of Issac Hayes’ sensually charged “Ike’s Mood/You’ve [...]

Who Flipped It Better?: Otis vs. D.T.D.

by Morgan October 7, 2011 Who Flipped It Better?

From my production perspective, there are not to,o many parts to take out of Otis Redding’s minimalist classic “Try a Little Tenderness.” In this situation, the beats sampling the original can end up sounding awfully similar. For this battle of Who Flipped It Better, producer Allah Mathematics “DTD” with Masta Killa is up against Kanye [...]

Nobody Famous vs. Has-Lo

by Kevin July 15, 2009 Who Flipped It Better?

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. [...]

9th Wonder vs DJ Premier vs Rza

by Thomas May 3, 2009 Who Flipped It Better?

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 [...]

Charles Hamilton vs 9th Wonder

by Thomas April 29, 2009 Who Flipped It Better?

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). [...]

Pete Rock vs. 20 Keys

by Kevin April 12, 2009 Who Flipped It Better?

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 [...]

Illmind vs. G.C.

by Kevin December 24, 2008 Who Flipped It Better?

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 [...]

Kanye West vs. Trackmasters

by Kevin November 28, 2008 Who Flipped It Better?

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 [...]

Kanye West vs. MIDIMarc

by Kevin November 26, 2008 Who Flipped It Better?

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 [...]

Kanye West vs. Baby Grand

by Kevin November 25, 2008 Who Flipped It Better?

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 [...]

Kanye West vs. Inspectah Deck

by Thomas November 24, 2008 Who Flipped It Better?

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 [...]

Kanye West vs. Timbaland

by Kevin November 23, 2008 Who Flipped It 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 [...]

J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League vs. Just Blaze

by Kevin November 21, 2008 Who Flipped It Better?

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 [...]

Q-Tip vs. Madlib

by Kevin November 8, 2008 Who Flipped It Better?

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, [...]

Q-Tip/Dilla vs. Boots Riley

by Kevin November 8, 2008 Who Flipped It 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 [...]

9th Wonder vs. Kanye West

by Kevin September 30, 2008 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 [...]

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