It's mostly the sample...

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:15 am

What defines a dope track? For many of us Guru was on point, it is the voice. For some, itגs the beats and in this case itגs mostly the sample being used. Itגs a topic that usually gets overlooked but when you look back at many of the crowd favorites of yesteryear youגll notice how prevalent this really was in the 90s. If you sampled anything off Illmatic, ATCQ or Rakim you pretty much had a sure-fire hit on your hands.

This is not to say you canגt have a really dope track with an equally dope sample, גTake It In Bloodג or גIגm Illג are testaments to that, but with the death of vinyl, indie labels, non-existent budgets and a surge in sampling lawsuits youגre likely not going to hear many new tracks featuring these invigorating samples. That is, unless youגre sampling your own work, see DJ Premier.

We wish more rappers sided more with Jay-Z on this oneג¦

So yeah I sampled your voice, you was usin it wrong
You made it a hot line, I made it a hot song

But they donגt. So here are some examples where itגs mostly the samplesג¦

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http://www.thetroyblog.com/2011/01/27/i ... he-sample/

fatboybrandon · Post by **fatboybrandon** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:02 pm

I just left a comment over at the blog, that's a nice idea for a discussion about Hip Hop.

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Tribe's Keep It Rollin was the first song that came to mind for a favorite song where the sample shines through.

other random ones that come to mind are

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's If It Ain't Rough It Ain't Right
Little Brother - Lovin It, Light It up, Altitudes
Yogi Bear & Tim Scratch - It Is What It Is
Stezo - To The Max
EPMD - You Gots To Chill
Super Lover Cee & Cassanove - Do The James, Girls I Got Em Locked
Ultimate Force - I'm Not Playin'

^ Kinda sad to realize the trend of sampling and hearing str8 raw loops & breaks is less relevant today than back in the late 80/early 90's when so many classics were built from loops. I hear alot people bitin' Dilla still, trying so hard to over-produce and synthesize, sometimes it sounds good other times it doesn't but overall I really miss and favor the era of looping dusty vinyl as Hip Hop.

Nav · Post by **Nav** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:06 pm

My first thought was "Get down".

Krisch · Post by **Krisch** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:18 pm

first song that came to mind was this German one (main song starts at 1:14):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQElj6Z5fRg

the MC is mediocre but that Blue Magic sample is the winner. By the way, that song came out shorty before the Dilated song which had the same sample.

aREAL · Post by **aREAL** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:03 pm

Good read, thanks.

I agree (+voice & rhymefactor) :P

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:01 pm

fatboybrandon wrote:
Tribe's Keep It Rollin was the first song that came to mind for a favorite song where the sample shines through.

I love how Large Pro throws in a little advertisement for Illmatic in his verse, though. Always puts a smile on my face.