The Ownerz: Original Samples

The Ownerz: Original Samples

We are finally getting this set out there!  The Ownerz is Gang Starr’s sixth and final album, released in 2003.  Thomas and I have been working on this set for what seems like forever.  It was highly requested a few months ago when we were compiling some of the other Gang Starr sets.  Hip-Hop Is Read release a version about a month ago with just the samples that were “cleared”.  Well we all know DJ Premier uses a ton of vocal samples to scratch in his classic beats.  I know we haven’t gotten all of them, but we got quite a few.  Thomas didn’t want to release it yet.  Being the completist that he is, he said, “I know there are more vocal samples we’re missing… I won’t be satisified until I’ve found them all!”  Just to let you all know how dedicated of a digger Thomas is, he actually sits there and listens to each vocal that Premo scratches in to figure out where he got it from.  I told Thomas, “we gotta put this out… people are waiting for this… we have 22 samples… let’s get it out there already!”

So here it is… but I can bet you weeks or months from now, Thomas will be coming back with another vocal sample in the comments.

  1. “A Hot Day in Harlem” by The Rimshots
    • From the album Soul Train (1972)
    • Sampled in “Put Up Or Shut Up”
  2. “Wrath of My Madness” by Queen Latifah
    • From the album All Hail The Queen (1989)
    • Sampled in “Put Up Or Shut Up”
  3. “Nature Shines” by Nature
    • From Nas’ album I Am (1999)
    • Sampled in “Put Up Or Shut Up”
  4. “Coffee Cold” by Galt McDermot
    • From the album Shapes of Rhythm (1966)
    • Sampled in “Werdz From The Ghetto Child”
  5. “Bump Me” by Smoked Sugar
    • From the album Smoked Sugar (1975)
    • Sampled in “Sabotage”
  6. “Gonna Keep Tryin’ (Til I Win Your Love)” by The Temptations
    • From the album Sky’s The Limit (1971)
    • Sampled in “Rite Where U Stand”
  7. “Da Bridge 2001″ by Nas & others
    • From the album QB’s Finest (2000)
    • Sampled in “Rite Where U Stand”
  8. “Rapper Dapper Snapper” by Edwin Birdsong
    • From the album Funtaztik (1981)
    • Sampled in “Skills”
  9. “Shadows” by Mysterious Flying Orchestra
    • From the album Mysterious Flying Orchestra (1977)
    • Sampled in “Skills”
  10. “Rappers R. N. Dainja” by KRS-One
    • From the album KRS-One (1995)
    • Sampled in “Skills”
  11. “Beverly Hills” by Steve Gray *
    • From the album ???
    • Sampled in “Deadly Habitz”
  12. “Kung Fu” by Curtis Mayfield
    • From the album Sweet Exorcist (1974)
    • Sampled in “Nice Girl, Wrong Place”
  13. “Boom” by Royce da 5′9″
    • From the album Rock City: Version 2.0 (2002)
    • Sampled in “Peace of Mine”
  14. “Maybe This Will Be The Morning” by Chuck Jackson
    • From the album Through All Times (1973)
    • Sampled in “Who Got Gunz”
  15. “Part II” by Method Man & Redman
    • From the album How High: Original Soundtrack (2001)
    • Sampled in “Who Got Gunz”
  16. “Keep It Thoro” by Prodigy
    • From the album H.N.I.C. (2000)
    • Sampled in “Who Got Gunz”
  17. “Trapped” by Elmer Bernstein
    • From the album Gold: Original Soundtrack (1974)
    • Sampled in “Capture (Militia Pt. 3)”
  18. “Theme From Summer of 42″ by Maynard Ferguson
    • From the album M.F. Horn 2 (1972)
    • Sampled in “Riot Akt”
  19. “Distant Thoughts” by Hiroshima
    • From the album Third Generation (1983)
    • Sampled in “In This Life…”
  20. “Raptivity” by Ronnie Gee
    • From the album Raptivity (1980)
    • Sampled in “The Ownerz”
  21. “The Junkies” by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
    • From the album The Education of Sonny Carson: Original Soundtrack (1974)
    • Sampled in “Zonin”
  22. “Mass Appeal” by Gang Starr
    • From the album Hard To Earn (1994)
    • Sampled in “Zonin”
  23. “Life is What You Make It” by Nas & DMX
    • From the album I Am (1999)
    • Sampled in “Zonin”

* unavailable in compilation

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12 Comments

  1. Gastro
    Posted July 18, 2008 at 10:36 am | Permalink

    Hey Y’all, been on vacation. Kev, you forgot the De La Soul “Much More”-sample on the “Militia Part 3″ chorus.

  2. salih
    Posted July 19, 2008 at 5:20 am | Permalink

    a lot thx

  3. Posted July 19, 2008 at 9:37 am | Permalink

    @Gastro: “Much More”? How was “Much More” sampled here when it was released a year after The Ownerz? Maybe there’s a common sample that we missed. Please explain.

  4. Ray
    Posted July 20, 2008 at 12:20 am | Permalink

    Maybe its just me but that skit hiney interpolates grindin’ by the Clipse

  5. kinonomics
    Posted July 20, 2008 at 2:43 am | Permalink

    You’re site is the best but what happen to Beverly Hills by Steve Gray used for Deadly Habitz

  6. Posted July 20, 2008 at 9:21 am | Permalink

    thanks kinonomics… couldn’t find a copy of it. I’m sure it’ll turn up sooner or later.

    @ Ray… yeah, or more a mock of the song! That track is hilarious! Guess we could have included Grindin.

  7. jamal
    Posted July 22, 2008 at 5:20 pm | Permalink

    that deadly habitz sample is from bruton jingles no 5

  8. Garcia's Grooves
    Posted July 26, 2008 at 12:35 pm | Permalink

    I’ve been waitin’ for this one!! Thanks!

  9. confidence
    Posted July 28, 2008 at 6:13 pm | Permalink

    you go the devaste sample for “the ownerz” but not the jr. walker & the all-stars sample. I have the wax but I can’t seem to find it at the moment. That’s an ill sample. anyway, thanks for posting this…the zonin’ sample is ill…peace

  10. Thomas
    Posted August 7, 2008 at 12:25 am | Permalink

    “Who Got Gunz” has a vocal sample from”

    “you got, we got, they got”
    used in:
    Gang Starr - Who Got Gunz [The Ownerz]

  11. DEEZ
    Posted September 3, 2008 at 9:38 pm | Permalink

    Heyy Yo what the origal sample of ZONIN??

  12. Posted September 4, 2008 at 2:10 am | Permalink

    This is the real deez… and never… ever.. use my name in vain

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