From 1975 "When Love Is New", here is Philly soul man, Billy Paul with "Let the Dollar Circulate." Sampled by Dilla for Steve Spacek and also by 9th wonder doe songs of the same name. Enjoy!
From 1962's "Big Band Bossa Nova", here is composer extraordinaire, Quimcy Jones with "Soul Bossa Nova." Heard in Austin Powers and Sampled for Dream Warriors' "You Could Get Arrested" and "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style" and Ludacris for "Number 1 Spot." Enjoy!
From 1977's "Ahh. . . The Name's Bootsy Baby", here is Bootsy Collins and his Rubber Band with "What's a Telepone Bill?" Sampled for 2pac/Thug Life for "Str8 Ballin'". Enjoy!
From 1981's "Get As Much Love As You Can", here are The Jones Girls with "Nights Over Egypt." This is one of my fave Jones Girls songs. Later sampled for Tracey Lee's "Stars in the East" and Faith's "I Don't Need It." Enjoy!
From my fave War lp, 1972's "The World is a Ghetto", here is the "Four Cornered Room." My 2nd fave song off the album. Everybody, get out ya good ish...you know what i mean. lol. Sampled for Scarface's "Your A.s Got Took". Enjoy!
From "Shapes of Rhythm" (circa 1969), here MacDermot's "Coffee Cold." Sampled for Handsome Boy Modeling School's "The Truth" and GangStarr's "Werdz from the Ghetto Child" and a few more. Just having a brainfreeze right now. Enjoy!
From 1956's "The Clown", here is bad a.s bassist, Charles Minugs with "Haitian Fight Song" He later remade "The Clown" and renamed it "II B.S.". "II B.S" is shorter and sped up version of this off of "Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus." This song was later sampled for Gangstarr with Jeru for "I'm the Man." Enjoy!
From 1972's "Understanding", here is Bobby Womack with the ever soulful, "And I Love Her." Sampled for Black Star's "Bright as Stars"; French hip hop artists, NTM for "Pose Ton Gun"; and Little Brother's "Speed". Enjoy!
From 1966's "Tequila", here is Wes Montgomery with "Bumpin' on Sunset." Classic! Sampled for Typical Cats for "12 Cliche" and by 9th Wonder for the remix of "I Used to Love H.E.R." Enjoy!
From 1973's "Chastisement", here is "Tribute to Obabi" by The Last Poets. Sampled for X-Clan's "Shaft's Big Score" and A Tribe Called Quest's "Excursions". Enjoy!
From 1976's "Let 'Em In", here is "I Think I'll Stay Home Today" by Philly crooner, Billy Paul. Sampled for Memphis Bleek's "Smoke The Pain Away." Enjoy!
From the 1973 release of the same name, here are the O.Players with "Ecstasy." I LOVE this. Junie sung the heck out of this song. Sampled Jay-Z with Biggie for "Brooklyn's Finest". Enjoy!