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When the titans of golden age hip hop meet the king of pop, genius results. In memory of Michael Jackson’s death on Thursday, here’s a list of the top ten hip hop songs that sample him.
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<h1>10. Mobb Deep – Apostle’s Warning</h1>
It took a strike of genius to make the “Peee-PUUU-UU-UUUL” from the chorus of People Make the World Go Round into an eerie background noise to a grimey Mobb Deep song.
<h3>Michael Jackson – People Make the World Go Round</h3>
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<h3>is sampled on</h3>
<h3>Mobb Deep – Apostle’s Warning</h3>
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<h1>9. Rebel MC – Black Meaning Good</h1>
If you haven’t heard this song or seen the video, check it out. Great Afrocentric rap from ’91 with a random but good sample of Michael’s Ben thrown in the middle.
<h3>Rebel MC – Black Meaning Good</h3>
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<h3>samples</h3>
<h3>Michael Jackson – Ben</h3>
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<h1>8. Ice Cube – You Know How We Do It</h1>
<h1>7. Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Got Your Money</h1>
<h1>6. Refugee Camp Allstars – Avenues</h1>
These three mid-nineties hits all sample the same drums on a Michael Jackson song. Pay close attention to the drums, and see if you can guess it before you reach the MJ video.
<h3>Ice Cube – You Know How We Do It</h3>
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<h3>Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Got Your Money</h3>
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<h3>Refugee Camp Allstars – Avenues</h3>
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<h3>all sample–did you guess it?–</h3>
<h3>Billie Jean</h3>
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DAMN those drums are sweet.
<h1>5. Kanye West – Good Life ft T-Pain</h1>
Good Life is one of my personal favorite Kanye songs, and one of the few songs with Autotunin’ T-Pain that doesn’t make me want to drill a hole through my eardrum. The sample is subtle, so I lined it up for you.
<h3>Michael Jackson – P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)</h3>
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<h3>is sampled on</h3>
<h3>Kanye West – Good Life ft T-Pain</h3>
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<h1>4. 2Pac – Thug Nature</h1>
<h1>3. Nas – It Ain’t Hard to Tell</h1>
It was just a matter of time before heavyweights Nas and 2Pac showed up on this list. And to make it easy for me, they both appear on the same song sample: Nas on his 1994 Illmatic cut It Ain’t Hard to Tell, and 2Pac on a posthumously created joint from the 2000 Death Row Records compilation Too Gangsta for Radio. I guess Suge Knight did at least one good thing in his life.
<h3>Michael Jackson – Human Nature</h3>
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<h3>is sampled on</h3>
<h3>Nas – It Ain’t Hard to Tell (samples intro keyboard and “da dat dat da” vocals at <a onclick=”xcollapse(‘X8579′);return false;” href=”#”> 3:33 </a>)</h3>
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<h3>and 2Pac – Thug Nature</h3>
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<h1>2. De La Soul – Breakadawn</h1>
De La Soul took a fantastic beat and laid down their signature mellow lyrics on top to make this the single to hear off their most underrated album, Buhloone Mind State (1993).
<h3>De La Soul – Breakadawn</h3>
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<h3>samples</h3>
<h3>Michael Jackson – I Can’t Help It</h3>
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<h1>1. Big Punisher – You Ain’t a Killer</h1>
And finally, the number one hip hop song that samples Michael Jackson. Producer Young Lord is a genius for seeing this two second sample and turning it into the tour de force Big Pun ripped into more than 20 years later. I won’t say any more; I’ll let the song speak for itself.
<h3>Big Punisher – You Ain’t a Killer</h3>
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<h3>samples</h3>
<h3>Michael Jackson – With a Child’s Heart</h3>
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<h1>Bonus: Alien Ant Farm – Smooth Criminal</h1>
Okay, so it’s not a hip hop song. But I’m including it anyway, because I remember when this song came out, and it was HUGE. Of course, MJ’s version was so hot it literally made people’s brains catch on fire. But this cover owned the radio and MTV in 2001, and that’s pretty good for four Lit wannabes from SoCal. And I do like the change on the “you’re okay, Annie” part.
<h3>Alien Ant Farm – Smooth Criminal</h3>
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<h3>is a cover of</h3>
<h3>Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal</h3>
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That’s all for now. Make sure to check back soon, I’ll be posting the Madlib sampleography in the next couple days.
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