Rap/Hip Hop songs that sample 50's songs

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i am looking for help. i would like to dwload rap/hip hop songs that sample rock songs from the 50's. i know i have heard a few rap songs that have sampled barber shop quartets.

― kephm, Friday, 30 May 2003 17:50 (twenty-three years ago)

beastie boys - 'she's crafty'

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 30 May 2003 17:59 (twenty-three years ago)

At first I thought this meant "50 Cent's songs"

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 30 May 2003 18:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Cypress Hill's "Hand on the Pump," off their first album, samples Gene Chandler's "Duke of Earl" from '62 -- but that's doo-wop, so, uh, nevermind.

― Sean Thomas (sgthomas), Friday, 30 May 2003 18:06 (twenty-three years ago)

bone thugs

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 30 May 2003 18:07 (twenty-three years ago)

LL Cool J - "Go Cut Creator Go" (samples Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode")

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 30 May 2003 18:07 (twenty-three years ago)

>>beastie boys - 'she's crafty'<<

what does this sample besides "the ocean" by led zep (who weren't from the '50s, despite their love of "book of love" by the monotones)?

shoot, i was gonna say "hand on the pump," too!

― chuck, Friday, 30 May 2003 18:11 (twenty-three years ago)

A quick look at www.the-breaks.com reveals the following:

"It's Easy to Remember" by Ahmad Jamal (1951), sampled on Aceyalone's "Super Human Hip Hop Head"
Eddie Fisher: (Victor 1952)
"Beautiful Things" by Eddie Fisher (1952) sampled on Beastie Boys ft Q-Tip's "Get it Together"
"Ataypura (High Andes)" by Yma Sumac (1952) sampled on MC Paul Barman's "How Hard is That?"
"Xtaby (Lure of the Unknown Love)" by Yma Sumac (1952) sampled on Puff Daddy ft Black Rob's "I Love You Baby"
"Mambo Bounce" by Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet (1953) sampled on Digable Planets's "Time & Space"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 30 May 2003 18:12 (twenty-three years ago)

the Beasties do sample Johnny Cash's "Fulsom Prison Blues" in one of the tracks from Paul's Boutique.

oh they sample the theme from Mr. Ed too but that's the 60's I guess.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 30 May 2003 18:15 (twenty-three years ago)

"Flip" by Shelly Manne (1954) sampled on Jurassic 5's "Jurass Finish First"
"Mood for Milt" by Cal Tjader (1954) sampled on De la Soul's "Watch Out"
"At My Front Door" by El Dorados (1955) sampled on De la Soul's "Let, Let Me In"
"Yesterdays" by Clifford Brown (1955) sampled on KRS-One's "MC's Act Like They Don't Know" and Mona Lisa's "Can't Be Wastin' My Time"
"A Foggy Day" by Charles Mingus (1955) sampled on Heavy D's "Here Comes the Heavster"
"All of You" by Modern Jazz Quartet (1955) sampled on Jehst's "Trilogy"
"Black and Tan Fantasy" by Thelonius Mann (1955) sampled on Wu Tang Clan's "Shame On A Nigga"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 30 May 2003 18:16 (twenty-three years ago)

There's more... I'll let you find them for yourself.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 30 May 2003 18:17 (twenty-three years ago)

any other doo-whops? i remeber when CH did hand on the pump @ lollpalooza & the crowd went insane. loudest reaction of the whole show.
my drummer and i are thinking of covering some of these old songs~cause no indy/garage/experimental bands have. am i wrong?

― kephm, Friday, 30 May 2003 18:34 (twenty-three years ago)

i mean joan jett covered 'crimson & clover' & aerosmith covered 'walking in the sand' but these are old songs themselves

― kephm, Friday, 30 May 2003 18:35 (twenty-three years ago)

wasn't there a remake of the Coaster's "Poison Ivy?" I'm not sure if there was actually a sample, though...

― Will (will), Friday, 30 May 2003 18:39 (twenty-three years ago)

the 50's are not the 60's dudes

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 30 May 2003 18:46 (twenty-three years ago)

we arent going to use samples unless it really clicks. i am just looking to hear the rap as an inspiration/change of pace. thanks everyone

― kephm, Friday, 30 May 2003 18:47 (twenty-three years ago)

another one: mc hammer - u can't touch this

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 30 May 2003 18:56 (twenty-three years ago)

>>another one: mc hammer - u can't touch this <<

again, what does this sample besides "Super Freak," from 1981???

does the Fat Boys' version of "Wipe Out" sample "Wipe Out"? Even if it did, that'd be 1963, so it doesn't count. But ALT & the Lost Civilization sampling the Champs' 1958 "Tequila" in their own highly underrated song "Tequila" counts for sure.

― chuck, Friday, 30 May 2003 20:23 (twenty-three years ago)

the fat boys - 'the twist'

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 30 May 2003 20:25 (twenty-three years ago)

is Blount really Callum?

― kephm, Friday, 30 May 2003 20:28 (twenty-three years ago)

"He's a Rebel" by Inspectah Deck

― King Kobra (King Kobra), Friday, 30 May 2003 20:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Fugees' "Zealots" samples the Flamingoes' "I Only Have Eyes for You" (duh)

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 30 May 2003 21:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Not entirely clear on the vintage of this, but Biggie's "Kick in the Door" samples "I Put a Spell on You."

― chris smith, Friday, 30 May 2003 22:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Didn't the Dust Brothers actually do all the music on Pauls Boutique, not the Beastie Boys?

googling to confirm this brought up this excellent page...

Paul's Boutique samples and references list

Explains why it's better than anything else put out under the Beastie Boys name... I've always thought of those particular kind of tom fills as a Dust Brothers signature...

― dsp wanker (dsp wanker), Saturday, 31 May 2003 06:38 (twenty-three years ago)

"The Influence" by Jurassic 5 has a nice doo-wop sample which sounds very '50s.

― Orange, Saturday, 31 May 2003 08:41 (twenty-three years ago)

That is a great sample, I think it's the Hi Los... yeah, it is.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 31 May 2003 10:06 (twenty-three years ago)

awopbopalubop by funkdoobiest!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 2 June 2003 15:38 (twenty-three years ago)

"Girls Ain't Nothin' But Trouble" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince samples the them from "Bewitched"
Also check out "My Definition..." by Tribe Called Quest.

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 11:10 (twenty-three years ago)

marky mark and the funky bunch - 'wildside'
dr dre - 'let me ride'
run dmc - 'mary mary'

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 16:04 (twenty-three years ago)

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