I'm already convinced that American Gangster is the greatest commercial Hip-Hop album of the year. One of the factors pulling me into this decision, I feel, was the brilliant sample-selection and like-minded soulful focus of AG's various producers.
Hip-Hop + Soul = "Great Success!" © Borat
Here are the samples that make up American Gangster:
01. 'New Earth' by Hank Marvin
• Used for 'Pray' by Jay-Z• Produced by Diddy, LV & Sean C02. 'Soon I'll Be Loving You Again' by Marvin Gaye
• Used for 'American Dreamin'' by Jay-Z• Produced by Diddy, LV & Sean; Co-Produced by Mario Winans03. 'B-Boy Bouillabaisse' by The Beastie Boys
• Used for 'Hello Brooklyn 2.0' by Jay-Z (feat. Lil' Wayne)• Produced by Bigg D04. 'Love Serenade' by Barry White
• Used for 'No Hook' by Jay-Z• Produced by Diddy, LV & Sean C05. 'Make the Road by Walking' by The Menahan Street Band
• Used for 'Roc Boys (And the Winner Is...)' by Jay-Z• Produced by Diddy, LV & Sean C06. 'Does Your Mama Know' by Rudy Love & The Love Family
• Used for 'Sweet' by Jay-Z• Produced by Diddy, LV & Sean C07. 'Get Into the Party Life' by Little Beaver
• Used for 'Party Life' by Jay-Z• Produced by Diddy, LV & Sean C08. 'Between the Sheets' by The Isley Brothers
• Used for 'Ignorant Shit' by Jay-Z (feat. Beanie Sigel)• Produced by Just Blaze09. 'The Love We Share Is the Greatest of Them All' by Tom Brock
• Used for 'Say Hello' by Jay-Z• Produced by DJ Toomp10. 'Funky Thing (Pt. 1)' by Larry Ellis & The Black Hammer
• Used for 'Success' by Jay-Z (feat. Nas)• Produced by No I.D.; Co-Produced by Jermaine Dupri11. 'Fell for You' by The Dramatics
• Used for 'Fallin'' by Jay-Z• Produced by Jermaine Dupri; Co-Produced by No I.D.12. 'Hold On' by En Vogue
• Used for 'Blue Magic' (feat. Pharrell Williams)• Produced by The Neptunes13. 'Short Eyes' by Curtis Mayfield
• Used for 'American Gangster' by Jay-Z• Produced by Just Blaze
18 Comments:
You won't believe how hard I was looking for that Little Beaver
to quote the namesake of the compilation:
"...you crazy for this one"
big ups for this...
Good looks on this! I was missing a couple on my post from earlier this week.
Ahhhhhhhhh Shit! This is the shit right here. Got an idea Ivan, how bout a Blueprint sample collection! The ultimate soulful rap album...
Ahhh, you're killing me here....
...I'll see what I can do ;-P
Link is dead
Thanks for lettin' me know...(re-upping right now)
new link is up ;-D
Thanks - great compilation
Yo Man, You deserve an award for this...I was just trying to figure out how to burn these 45" (records) onto my computer, hahaha!!!! Thanx Bruh!
Thanks for the support everybody!
Outstanding. This is what brought me here... Still on the fence about how good the "actual" AG album is, but I have to agree with you, it's possibly the greatest "Commercial" Hip-Hop album if the year so far. Keep it up, dude. Peace.
Yea I was going to do a post on this with the zshare but having trouble finding the Harold Marvin and the Little Beaver.
Hello Brooklyn by the Beastie Boys was also used as well.
Props homie
Hello Brooklyn by the Beastie Boys is a part of B-Boy Bouillabaisse...
just for this post I added you to my delicious account
it's the roc!
pharell's hook on "blue magic" also appears inna old reggae track i heard the other night, but I didnt ask the selecta what song it was... anybody recognize the lyrics (from before en vogue)?
pharell's hook on "blue magic" also appears inna old reggae track i heard the other night, but I didnt ask the selecta what song it was... anybody recognize the lyrics (from before en vogue)?
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