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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samples Shocking Blue – Beggin

who in turn covered Frankie Valli – Beggin

samples Isley Brothers – Footsteps in the Dark

Eazy-Duz-It (1988)

Prelude / Still Talkin’ ft Ice Cube & The D.O.C.

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Parliament – Prelude

Rufus Thomas – Do the Funky Chicken

Nobody Move ft MC Ren

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Rufus Thomas – Sixty Minute Man

Yellowman – Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt

Boyz-N-The Hood (Remix)

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Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff

Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There

Whodini – I’m A Ho

Eazy-Duz-It samples

Bootsy’s Rubber Band – Bootzilla

Detroit Emeralds – Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)

Funkadelic – Joyful Process; Get Off Your Ass and Jam

Honey Drippers – Impeach the President (drums)

Isley Brothers – I Turned You On

Prince – Let’s Go Crazy

Richard Pryor – Wino Dealing with Dracula; The Back Down

Sly & the Family Stone – Sing a Simple Song (drums)

Temptations – Balls of Confusion

and is sampled on Evol Intent – Street Knowledge VIP (vocals: “boy shoulda known by now, Evol does it”)

We Want Eazy ft Dr. Dre & MC Ren samples

Bootsy’s Rubber Band – Ahh…The Name’s Bootsy, Baby

Parliament – Mothership Connection

James Brown – Funky Drummer (drums)

Eazy-er Said Than Dunn

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Magic Disco Machine – Scratching

Rufus Thomas – The Breakdown (drums)

Radio ft Dr. Dre & MC Ren

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Cerrone – Rocket in the Pocket (drums)

Malcolm McLaren – World’s Famous

No More Questions samples

Bar Kays – Shake Your Rump to the Funk; Let’s Have Some Fun

It’s On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa (1993)

Real Mothaphukkin G’s ft B.G. Knocc Out & Dresta samples

DOC – It’s Funky Enough (vocals: “stop him in his tracks, show him that I am ruthless”)

Eazy-E – Eazy-Duz-It (vocals: “Yo Dre” “what’s up”)

Any Last Werdz samples

The Fatback Band – Gigolo

Gimme That Nutt samples

Soul Searchers – Ashley’s Roachclip (horns & drums)

It’s On samples

Sly & the Family Stone – Sing a Simple Song (drums)

Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton (1995)

Sippin’ on a 40 ft B.G., Knocc Out & Dresta

samples

War – Slippin’ into Darkness

Gangsta Beat 4 tha Street

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The Delfonics – Trying to Make a Fool of Me

Eternal E (1995)

8 Ball

samples

Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get it On

Eazy Street samples

Melvin Bliss – Synthetic Substitution (drums)

Rufus Thomas – Do the Push & Pull

Impact of a Legend (2002)

Eazy 1,2,3 samples

Tha Eastsidaz – G’d Up

Switchez samples

Zapp & Roger – More Bounce to the Ounce

Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner

Biz Markie – Make the Music with Your Mouth Biz

Ruthless Life samples

Tom Browne – Jamaica Funk

samples Michael McDonald – I Keep on Forgetting

samples Breakwater – Release the Beast

Harder Better Faster Stronger

samples Edwin Birdsong – Cola Bottle Baby

Crescendolls

samples Little Anthony & The Imperials – Can You Imagine

One More Time

samples Eddie Johns – More Spell On You

Digital Love

samples George Duke – I Love You More

Voyager

samples Oliver Cheatham – Get Down Saturday Night

Da Funk (Ten Minutes of Funk Mix)

samples Tata Vega – Get It Up For Love

Around the World

samples Jerry Goldsmith – The Rec Room

Indo Silver Club

samples Karen Young – Hot Shot

Superheroes

samples Barry Manilow – Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed?

Aerodynamic

samples Sister Sledge – Il Macquillage Lady

Face to Face

samples ELO – Evil Woman

Veridis Quo

samples Cerrone – Supernature (Original 14 min mix)

Newjack

samples The Brothers Johnson – You Make Me Wanna Wiggle (0:18)

Phantom

samples Goblin (Simonetti, Pignatelli, Morante) – Tenebre (Tenebrae)

Stress

(1:58) samples David Shire – Night on Disco Mountain

(0:08) samples Devo – Jocko Homo

Tthhee Ppaarrttyy (The Party) (0:45)

samples Three 6 Mafia – Stay Fly (0:17)

Valentine

samples Brittany Spears – Me Against the Music ft Madonna

Miscellaneous

B.E.A.T.

samples Donna Summer -Dim All the Lights

The Klaxons – As Above So Below (Justice Remix)

samples Chic – My Forbidden Love

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Deadringer (2002)

Smoke and Mirrors

samples Austin Howard & N-JOI – Heaven Knows for the beat

and samples Marion Black – Who Knows for the vocals

Manhattans – Follow Your Heart

June

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Brian Eno – 2:1 (Music for Airports)

Brian Eno – 2:1 (Music for Airports)

The Sylvers – I Wish I Could Talk To You

The Intruders – Memories are Here To Stay (vocals)

Take the Picture Off

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Franklin Ajaye – The Walrus of Love

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Peoples Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

Push it Along

samples Eugene McDaniels – Jagger the Dagger (video coming soon)

Luck of Lucien

samples Bill Brooks – Forty Days

Footprints

samples Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke

I Left My Wallet in El Segundo

samples Chambers Brothers – Funky

Public Enemy

samples Luther Ingram – Pity for the Lonely

Bonita Applebum

samples RAMP – Daylight

and Rotary Connection – Memory Band

Can I Kick It?

samples Lou Reed – Walk on the Wild Side

Youthful Expression

samples Reuben Wilson – Inner City Blues

Mr. Muhammed

samples Earth, Wind & Fire – Beijo (Brazilian Rhyme)

Ham ‘n’ Eggs

samples Funkadelic – Nappy Dugout

and Freda Payne – We’ve Gotta Find a Way Back to Love

Go Ahead in the Rain

samples Slave – Slide

Description of a Fool

samples Roy Ayers – Running Away

Low End Theory

Low End Theory

Excursions

samples Art Blakey – A Chant for Bu

and Last Poets – Time and Tribute to Obabi

Buggin’ Out

samples Michael Urbaniak – Ekim

Rap Promoter

samples Sly & the Family Stone – Stand

and New Birth – Keep on Doing It

Butter

samples Gary Bartz – Gentle Smiles (1:05)

and Weather Report – Young and Fine

(Eighties Ladies – Turned On to You video removed due to terms of use violation)

Verses from the Abstract ft Vinia Mojica & Ron Carter

samples Heatwave – Star of the Story

Show Business

samples Martin Denny – Midnight Cowboy

and Fatback Band – Wicky-Wacky

Vibes and Stuff

samples Grant Green – Down Here on the Ground

Infamous Date Rape coming soon

Check the Rhyme

samples Minnie Riperton – Baby, This Love I Have

Jazz (We’ve Got)

samples John Coltrane – On Green Dolphin Street

What?

samples Paul Humphrey – Uncle Willie’s Dream

Scenario ft Busta Rhymes

samples Brother Jack McDuff – Oblighetto (0:40)

Midnight Marauders

Midnight Marauders

Midnight Marauders Intro

samples Carl Tjader – Aquarius

Stir It Up (Steve Biko)

samples Michael Urbaniak – Ekim

Award Tour

samples Weldon Irvine – We Gettin’ Down

and Milt Jackson – Olinga (0:42)

8 Million Stories

samples Bola Sete – Bettina

Midnight

samples Albino Gorilla – Psychedelic Shack

Sucka Nigga

samples Freddie Hubbard – Red Clay (1:18)

We Can Get Down

samples Bill Cosby – Martin’s Funeral

Electric Relaxation

samples Ronnie Foster – Mystic Brew

Clap Your Hands

samples The Meters – Handclapping Song

Oh My God

samples Lee Morgan – Absolutions

and J.B.’s – Damn Right, I Am Somebody

Keep it Rollin

samples Roy Ayers – Feel Like Makin’ Love

Lyrics to Go

samples Minnie Riperton – Inside My Love (3:05)

and Crusaders – Cosmic Reign

God Lives Through

samples Jimmy McGriff – Dig On It

and David T. Walker – On Love

Beats, Rhymes & Life

Beats, Rhymes and Life

Get a Hold

samples The Cyrkle – The Visit

The Jam

samples Howard Robert Quartet – Dirty Old Bossa Nova

1nce Again

samples Gary Burton Quartet – I’m Your Pal

The Hop

samples Henry Franklin – Soft Spirit

and Thunder & Lightning – Bumpin’ Bus Stop (vocals)

What Really Goes On

samples Ohio Players – Pain (horns)

The Love Movement

The Love Movement

Pad & Pen ft D-Life

samples Gap Band – Yearning for Your Love

Hot 4 U

samples Sylvers – New Horizons

The Love

samples Freddie Hubbard – Little Sunflower

and Ronnie Laws – Tidal Wave

Hot Sex on a Platter

samples Lou Donaldson – Who’s Making Love?

Miscellaneous

Anthology

If the Papes Come

samples Lou Donaldson – Pot Belly

Soul Mann & the Brothers – Bumpy’s Lament

is sampled on Mobb Deep – Back At You

on Erykah Badu – Bag Lady

and last–did you guess it?–on Dr. Dre – Xxplosive