Footsteps in the Dark

I really, really, really like this one. Whether sampled directly or interpolated more modernly.

Isley Brothers - Footsteps in the Dark

[Sample Bonus]

Phillipe Wynne - Think of Your Thoughts as Children

"Are we really sure,

That a love that's lasted for so long can still endure?

Do I really care?

Let's talk about the distractions going on elsewhere."

This is lyrically interpolated on old Hamilton-hater's mostly-classic Blue Collar album with sometimes popular/sometimes nonexistent R&B singer Mario. Hilarious song pointing the finger back at women just because. Something I'm always a fan of. Equal guilt and shame for everyone. But in a simple coinkadink before they were non-beefing, CH released a standalone track over his blog featuring a sample of the original song. They're both worth my time. You may recognize it more from Ice Cube's classic, but that doesn't count. I'll include it anyway, though.

Rhymefest - All Girls Cheat (feat. Mario)

Charles Hamilton - Runaway Groom

Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day

... put 'em both together and you got yourself a super spork.

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Between the Sheets

Everybody knows "I love it when you call me big poppa". It's a cultural reference for this generation as well as the last one. What surprised the heck out of me is when I heard a shuffle-playlisted Gwen Stefani song have the exact same instrumental sample to it as Biggie's biggest hit.

So of course I had to engulf myself in a Wiki search to make myself a quick pseudo-genius on its history. The sample is by, prolly the most hip hopified group ever, the Isley Brothers. The song is 1983's "Between the Sheets" from an album of the same name. Stefani's "Luxurious" jacks pretty much the same composition from the song on a poppy/girl-rock tip. Another song that much more subtly snatches it is the way-older-than-when-you-thought-he-started Common song "Breaker 1/9". Far cry from "Universal Mind Control". We're talking '92 here. Pre-Michael Jordan retirement jokes. Now that's old.

Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets

The Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa

Gwen Stefani - Luxurious

Common - Breaker 1/9

Maybe my favorite thing about this quick research is that this exact song, though a completely sonically different portion, is a sample in the famed "Ignorant Ish" released by Jay-Z multiple times.

... and so concludes another masterpiece

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