To coincide with today’s Thursday Throwback, I thought it’d be cool to compile the original samples used in this legendary album. LL Cool J’s Mama Said Knock You Out brings back a ton of memories for me. Released on September 18, 1990, I had just started my sophomore year in high school. I remember buying the cassette tape as soon as it came out at Tower Records. Along with N.W.A. and some 2 Live Crew, this tape was in constant rotation in my car’s tape deck as my boys and I would cruise the strip in Virginia Beach. That was before they made cruising illegal. Back then we didn’t have the money for high-end stereo equipment, so we wired up as many home stereo subwoofers we could get so that we could feel “The Boomin’ System” in the trunk of my car. Man, what it was like to be 16…
Anyway, enough strolling through memory lane… this album has a ton of great soul and breakbeat samples used extraordinarily by the legendary Marly Marl. Marly Marl produced this whole album, with the exception of the “Jingling Baby” Remix, which LL Cool J produced himself. The album spawned four singles, “The Boomin’ System”, “Around The Way Girl”, “Mama Said Knock You Out”, and “6 Minutes of Pleasure” and was a huge success for LL.
At 28 samples, I had to break this collection into two sets. Rapidshare has been working the best for me lately; Megaupload and MediaFire have been timing out during my upload. So check the link after the tracklist…
Disc 1
- “The Payback” by James Brown
- Sampled in “The Boomin’ System”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Funky Drummer” by James Brown
- Sampled in “The Boomin’ System” & “Mama Said Knock You Out”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Risin’ to the Top” by Keni Burke
- Sampled in “Around The Way Girl”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Impeach the President” by Honey Drippers
- Sampled in “Around The Way Girl”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “All Night Long” by Mary Jane Girls
- Sampled in “Around The Way Girl”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Atomic Dog” by George Clinton
- Sampled in “Eat ‘Em Up L Chill”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Don’t Change Your Love” by Five Stairsteps
- Sampled in “Eat ‘Em Up L Chill”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Cramp Your Style” by All The People featuring Robert Moore
- Sampled in “Mr Good Bar”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” by James Brown
- Sampled in “Mr Good Bar”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “UFO” by ESG
- Sampled in “Mr Good Bar” & “Murdergram”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “My Thang” by James Brown
- Sampled in “Mr Good Bar” & “Murdergram”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Moment of Truth” by Earth,Wind and Fire
- Sampled in “Mr Good Bar” & “Murdergram”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Soul Vibrations” by Kool & The Gang
- Sampled in “Cheesy Rat Blues”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Maceo” by Maceo and All The Kings Men
- Sampled in “Cheesy Rat Blues”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Better Half” by Maceo and All The Kings Men
- Sampled in “Cheesy Rat Blues”
- Produced by Marly Marl
Disc 2
- “Mack Man” by Willie Hutch
- Sampled in “Farmers Blvd. (Our Anthem)”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Brothers Gonna Work it Out” by Willie Hutch
- Sampled in “Farmers Blvd. (Our Anthem)”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “I Wrote a Simple Song” by Billy Preston
- Sampled in “Farmers Blvd. (Our Anthem)”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Babe” by Barry White
- Sampled in “Farmers Blvd. (Our Anthem)”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Gangster Boogie” by Chicago Gangsters
- Sampled in “Mama Said You Knock Out”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Trip To Your Heart” by Sly and The Family Stone
- Sampled in “Mama Said You Knock Out”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Sing a Simple Song” by Sly and The Family Stone
- Sampled in “Mama Said You Knock Out”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Funky President (People It’s Bad)” by James Brown
- Sampled in “To Da Break Of Dawn” & “6 Minutes of Pleasure”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Got to Getcha” by Maceo and All The Kings Men
- Sampled in “To Da Break Of Dawn”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Joyous” by Pleasure
- Sampled in “To Da Break Of Dawn”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Ike’s Mood” by Isaac Hayes
- Sampled in “6 Minutes of Pleasure”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “Mind Power” by James Brown
- Sampled in “Illegal Search”
- Produced by Marly Marl
- “The Breakdown” by Rufus Thomas
- Sampled in “Illegal Search”
- Produced by Marly Marl
* “The Boomin’ System” also samples a verse from LL’s “Cheesy Rat Blues” ** No sample information found for “Milky Cereal”, “Jingling Baby (Remixed But Still Jingling)”, or “The Power of God”
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An amazing compilation, keep up the good work man, you killin’ these other blogging cats.
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Marley Marl was gettin’ it then…very good looks on this, Kev…I was wonderin’ what “Around The Way Girl” sampled…
I got your site locked in cause you keep banging me over the head EVERYDAY with something new. In the midst of all this bullshit, keep doing what you’re doing to keep hiphop fresh!
Haha… thanks for the support guys!
jinglin baby remix =”sunshine” by central line and “Theme from Black Belt Jones” by Dennis Coffey
Yo, good looks Knowbody!
Jinglin baby remix also =The Grassroots “You And Love Are The Same” (1969). It’s on the ultimate breaks and beats SBR524. You can find the entire series at Dust to Dust in the Oct blog. That is the main drums and bassline. The other two samples listed above are the keyboard and the guitar riff after she says jinglin baby.
hi guys…
do you know whether llyod banks track ’smile’ is using a sample?? and if i does, do you know where it’s from??
thx
flip
Flip… yo, I love that song. Yeah, that sample is Syreeta’s “I Too Am Wanting”. That G-Unit album actually has some nice samples… might not be a bad idea for a sample collection.
Man. This is a slammin post. Always wanted to hear the sample package of this album. Keep up the dope work.
ok kevin. thank you very much. now i only have to find it
Yo Kev….this whole concept of dissecting albums sample sources is amazing! You are doing a real service to all those who have more than a “MTv’ view of the artform a huge favor. This reminds me of what ‘The Source’ used to do back when it was a good Hip Hop rag. Keep up the good work my man and keep bangin’ them shits out!!!
Thanks BMack… that really means a lot!!
JINGLING BABY SAMPLES:LARRY LEVAN - WALKING INTO SUNSHINE, DENNIS COFFEY - SCORPIO, DENNIS COFFEY - BLACK BELT JONES ‘THEME’& THE GRASSROOTS - YOU & LOVE ARE THE SAME!! I BELIEVE THIS IS TRUE..
I think The Power of God uses James Brown’s 70s version of Think (he’s done a few versions of Think but the one used on this track is slow and ghetto).