Friends of Distinction: L.E.S. vs. J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League

Friend of Distinction: L.E.S. vs. J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League

Friends of Distinction: “And I Love Him”
From the album Friends of Distinction (1969)

Nas: “Hope (OG Version feat Chrisette Michele)”
Unreleased cut from Hip-Hop Is Dead (2006)
Produced by L.E.S.

Rick Ross: “Maybach Music (feat Jay-Z)”
From the album Trilla (2008)
Produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League

I love this freakin’ sample!  It sucks that this version of “Hope” was never released.  I think they had a problem with sample clearance at the time.  Not sure how Rick Ross was able to put it out this year.  The two beats are very similar, but there are a couple of distinctions.  Which do you think is better?

To throw a wrench in this game, here’s a bonus track.  I had to throw this out there, cuz I think this beat is better than the other two. One of my first selections for the best American Gangster remixes…

Jay-Z: “Pray (Beirut Remix)”
From the album Beirut Gangster (2007)
Produced by Beirut

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This entry was written by Kevin and posted on June 25, 2008 at 2:52 pm and filed under Who Flipped It Better?. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.
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7 Comments

  1. S.T.T.R.E.S.S.
    Posted June 25, 2008 at 3:57 pm | Permalink

    Well this one was easy for me.Between L.E.S & J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League,i’ll go with J.L. because their track was smoother,more melodic and the beat was better.I guess Cadallacs are not really in now,so they called it Maybach music.That was definitely on some Player of the year type ish.And I will agree that the Beirut joint was hotter because of the beat, plus more of the song was utilized and sampled beautifully.

  2. Praverb
    Posted June 25, 2008 at 4:43 pm | Permalink

    definitely feeling Beirut’s remix…Ross went off over the JL beat…nice fam

  3. Thomas
    Posted June 26, 2008 at 4:34 pm | Permalink

    I like the Beirut joint, L.E.S. had the rawness, but the JL was smooth and beutiful.

  4. PoliticsAsUsual
    Posted June 28, 2008 at 3:06 am | Permalink

    I’m cool with all three, but ya’ll need to check out Young Chris “Never Die”. He rips that beat apart!!!!

  5. smallpro
    Posted June 28, 2008 at 8:14 pm | Permalink

    yeah i was bout to say, you forgot the young chris song; justice league killed that beat tho, none of the others are close

    and i had the best pray remix! j/k

  6. crown royal
    Posted June 30, 2008 at 11:15 am | Permalink

    that NAS shit is raw. its on some real g shit. i like maybach music too but hope is betta.

  7. natasawol
    Posted July 21, 2008 at 4:26 am | Permalink

    nas version is mad sick! anyone got this on mp3?

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