Here's a follow-up indie post to "Crown on the Ground" from the other day. But this time it's Donald Glover and brandUn DeShay going over a song from that band that Jay-Z went to a concert of and everyone called him fake. Otherwise known as the band that's gonna beat the Spurs in the first round.
brandUn DeShay - I'm Puttin' My Two Weeks In
Childish Gambino - B**** Look at Me Now (Two Weeks)
... and Free Enes.
Showing posts with label Sampled. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sampled. Show all posts
Monday, April 25, 2011
Two Weeks
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Crown on the Ground
I'm not an indie rock guy. Obviously. And I kind of think this Sleigh Bells joint sucks. But oh well. When a break-off faction of the Roots plus Donald Glover jump on the beat independently, I'll get over it. Even if it's Gambino in his I am Just a Rapper phase.
Money Making Jam Boys - Crown on the Ground
Childish Gambino - New Prince (Crown on the Ground)
... and Free Enes.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Give in to Me/Human Nature
Michael Jackson - Give in to Me (feat. Slash)
Chris Campbell - Giving In (feat. Aaronn Ralph)
Charles Hamilton - Elisa
Michael Jackson - Human Nature
Chris Campbell - Why Oh Why (feat. Aaronn Ralph)
Charles Hamilton - Kat Stacks is My Oasis
Full Mixtape:
Charles Hamilton - Mic Check (LWord3)
Tracklisting:
1. Anyone
2. Myongii
3. Kellye
4. SimoneNation
5. Elisa
6. Kat Stacks is My Oasis
7. Ce
8. Celia (Inst.)
9. Tricia (Inst.)
10. [Interlude]
11. Zoe Saldana (Inst.)
12. Rihanna (Inst.)
13. Shanelle (Inst.)
14. Truer Feelings About Shantel (Inst.)
... and Free Enes.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The Loneliest Number [Update]
This is two perfect examples of how to kill a given sample. "One is the loneliest number ..." and you know the rest.
Charlie Hilton - One (feat. Khalil)
B.o.B - One (feat. Big Kuntry & Mac Boney)
Charles Hamilton - Beginner's Luck
They couldn't be any different from pacing and additional instrumentation to beats and vibe. It's a great thing to hear and take in samples flipped so ill while the tune is so very well known to everyone in the world. Lyrics, too. Khalil goes in about what it took to be that One that created everything and all the feelings towards Dude. While B.o.B and the rest on his people talk about singularity and looking out for yourself in an industry that doesn't really care about you. All while life itself doesn't seem to either. I approve of both. This would been a great 2dopeboyz battle, but oh well.
UPDATE: added Charles Hamilton's new joint to this year-old post. Nice little 7 degrees thing going between Charles putting Charlie in the spotlight with a blog post like two years ago and the to-be discussed B.o.B/Hamilton companionship. Yeah ... so there ya go.
Three Dog Night - One (is the Loneliest Number)
... put 'em both together and you got yourself a super spork.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Clock with No Hands
The Roots - Clock with No Hands (feat. Mercedes Martinez of The Jazzyfatnastees)
Kendrick Lamar - P&P 1.5 (feat. Ab-Soul)
... and do the John Wall.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Friends & Strangers
MF Doom - Deep Fried Frenz
Charles Hamilton - Brighter Days
Wale - The Friends N Strangers (feat. Tre)
... and do the John Wall.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Private Affair
Funny that the only picture of Trae and Lupe I could find had the last "Favors" features ...
Trae - Bad Don't Seem So Wrong (feat. Lupe Fiasco)
CunninLynguists - Nothing to Give
... and do the John Wall.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The Big Odd Octubree Log-Off
brandUn DeShay - Odd Octubree (feat. Tyler, The Creator, Casey Veggies, & MF Doom)
Charles Hamilton - The Big Log-Off (Esc.)
... and do the John Wall.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Who Am I
Samplee:
The O'Jays - Who Am I
Sampler:
Juelz Santana - Who Am I
Atmosphere - Little Man
... and do the John Wall.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
I Weigh with Kilos
Ghostface Killah - Kilo (Remix feat. Raekwon & Malice)
Fat Joe - Kilo (feat. Clipse & Cam'Ron)
... and do the John Wall.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Flipher Overture
Mickey Factz - Access Granted
Cee-Lo - ChamPain
... and do the John Wall.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
I Need a Dollar
Two of my favorite blogosphere emcees (or maybe their respective producers ...) apparently had the same idea to flip the theme to How to Make it in America and rock over it. I watched about 20 minutes of one of the episodes and KiD CuDi was nowhere to be found, so I lost interest. I'll admit that I didn't give it a fair shake though. It might be a series I'll have to collect on down the road if takes off. Oh well ...
Marky - Rasta Monsta
Mike Dreams - How to Make it in America
Sample: Aloe Blacc - I Need a Dollar
... but do take my word for it.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Back to Life
It's just a simple ha ha, but it's inspired Talib Kweli, the entire Lox crew, and a few other cats to conjure up some quick freestyles. Scoop DeVille sampled Soul II Soul's acapella track "Back to Life" to create the driving melody to the new Joey Crack radio joint. I recognized it immediately as the sample to the first Juggaknots song I ever heard. And then I Wiki-ed it and found a Maino track spinning the sample as well a little more generously. So here they are to compare.
Juggaknots - Clear Blue Skies
Maino - However Do You Want It
Fat Joe - Ha Ha (Slow Down feat. Young Jeezy)
... but do take my word for it.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Cross My Heart
Here's a follow-up to the original "Exhibit C" post. Turns out Just Blaze wasn't the first one to mess with this sample. Exile and J. Cole beat him to it. In terms of when the songs were released, at least. And if you're familiar with these guys' production styles, you'll find what you expected in that Exile's rendition is crazy busy and over-layered to where you can envision how heavy he was destroying those MPC pads and Jermaine's is the most smoothed out to were he just flows mellow and sings out the hook. Find out which beat chopper you prefer.
Billy Stewart - Cross My Heart
Exile - It's Coming Down
J. Cole - Get Away
Jay Electronica - Exhibit C
... but do take my word for it.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Love on a Two-Way Street
Hey, you heard of Macklemore? ...
I don't know if Ryan Lewis used the original "Love on a Two-Way Street" by The Moments or if he straight messed with Jigga's Al Shux beat, but I do know that I sweat it. The very first joint off the instantly classic The VS. EP is called "Vipassana" (... which is an insight into the nature of reality, courtesy of the all-knowing Wiki ...) and it's tinged with the same notion of gorgeous accompaniment that made "Empire State of Mind" the most anthemic single of the year. It's gotta completely different aura to it, though. You know Macklemore ain't gonna be on the same wave as Hov. Psh. Decide for yourself which one you like more. You might be surprised.
Macklemore - Vipassana
Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)
... but do take my word for it.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Build Me Up Buttercup
In my book, no one beats an ODB hook. No one. But a similarly acronymed artist decided that he'd give a pop classic chorus a rendition, even though Dirt McGirt already had pretty much retired it to perfection years before. B.o.B (interchangeably noted as Bobby Ray now, I guess) dropped what could possibly be a joint off of his proper debut album The Great Adventures of Bobby Ray. I've already chalked the LP up as a classic simply from the perfect "Nothing On You" that you should search for and obtain right now. Back last year and earlier in this one when Hi! My Name is B.o.B and Who the F#*k is B.o.B? dropped, this man was up in my essential newcomers category with Charles Hamilton. And that's about as high praise as I can give him. Uff a hater. It all comes back to CH, doesn't it? And that doesn't even take into account that the first joint below is from Rhymefest ...
Rhymefest - Build Me Up (feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard)
Bobby Ray - Don't Break My Heart
... but do take my word for it.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Let Your Hair Down
You know I don't usually like to, but I gotta post a freshly leaked joint. Here's a "Sampled" post featuring two songs, kinda on a double-take. The sample in question is Yvonne Fair's "Let Your Hair Down" from 1975, and the first sampling culprit is Jay-Z's "Where I'm From". Early, gritty stuff from Hov. But then there's the fresh new K-West wannabes [(c) Shad] single "Angels", which probably just samples the Jay track, but explicitly the part of it sampled from Fair's original. They are Dirty Money, by the way. While I'm not feeling Diddy's crew too much, luckily there was someone who thought he could improve the song. And he did. And he wasn't Rick Ross, damn it. Lupe tha Killa, Killa, Killa ... oh, and for all future reference, if I'm titling the post a random generality that can somehow be about a woman, Keira Knightley will be the accompanying picture. Just saying.
Jay-Z - Where I'm From
Lupe Fiasco - Angels Freestyle
... but do take my word for it.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Heartbeats
This is the funniest "Sampled" pairing up ever in my opinion. brandUn DeShay and Sage Francis. Though the emcees couldn't be anymore different, that's not what makes it hilarious. You'll have to listen to the songs for that. These joints sample (or are just freestyled over) "Heartbeats" by the Swedish techno group The Knife. And I will now write the details of that exact sentence again, as I trust no one's inference skills ...
The Knife - Heartbeats
brandUn DeShay - Heartbeats Freestyle
Sage Francis - Who Farted? Pt. 1
Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats (Cover)
Plus I'll throw in an acoustic cover by Jose Gonzalez that's pretty sweet. I know you'll love me for it. This post is a classic one for the ages. I don't care what no one says. And this is all inter-connected by the fact that brandUn sampled Jose for the joint "Behind The Mirror" on my No Really, I'm a Rapper EP. But you already knew that, right?
... but do take my word for it.
Monday, November 9, 2009
The Other Man
Donuts records are still popping up this many years later. To me, not much that could be better. The emcees that actually go in over his joints are genuinely trying to honor him. No harm in that. I think Jay Elec wins this round, but you judge for yourself. If Wiki is to be trusted, this record mainly samples off of Luther Ingram's "The Other Man", but in my short spin of it, I couldn't find this joint's sampled part. Oh well. CH mixed the sample a little different, but you can still definitely tell what it's inspired from.
J Dilla - Gobstopper
Big Pooh - Plastic Cups (feat. Chaundon & Joe Scudda)
Charles Hamilton - Cable In The Classroom
Jay Electronica - Abaracadabra
... but do take my word for it.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Do It, Do It
I'm halfway crazy-hyped and halfway crazy-disappointed with this new Wale joint. The former because it features the vocally perfect Melanie Fiona and the moster-in-waiting J. Cole. The latter because I recognize the sample from Lupe's "Theme Music to a Drive-By", which I'm pretty sure wasn't placed on his debut album because they couldn't clear the sample. And "Theme Music" is easily one of my favorite songs ever, as detailed in this past post. Oh well. I guess Roc Nation has its privileges after all. The beats utilize the song "(Do It, Do It) No One Does It Better" by The Spinners.
Wale - Beautiful Bliss (feat. Melanie Fiona & J. Cole)
Lupe Fiasco - Theme Music to a Drive-By
Young Gunz - Future of the ROC
... but do take my word for it.
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