Samples!

Hey what's up forum.. I have been making beats for a while and I am trying to expand my tools a little bit, can someone recommend any good songs to practice sampling from. I know there are tons of 70's soul records out there, but what I am talking about, is songs that I can practice sampling and reference it to tracks that were sampled by established producers in the industry. I want to do this so that I can get a feel for how they did it, where they chopped, what synth sounds they laid on top of it, you know just get down the basic formula and go from there!

Thanks!

Off the top of my head...

Jay-Z - U don't know (bobby byrd - i'm not to blame) prod just blaze.
Kanye West - Touch the sky (curtis mayfield - move on up) prod just blaze.
Kanye West - Through the wire (chaka khan - through the fire) prod by kanye west.

My favorite one was re-doing Jay-Z's H to the Izzo (Jackson 5 - I want you back) prod kanye west. I had fun trying to figure that one out. It was a bit more obscure.

There are A LOT MORE. I'm sure everyone else will add more to the list.

Yea, I will:

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_Stilo_ wrote:Yea, I will:

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haha... i was gonna do the same thing, but i thought it would be cheating.

episode wrote:Off the top of my head...

Jay-Z - U don't know (bobby byrd - i'm not to blame) prod just blaze.
Kanye West - Touch the sky (curtis mayfield - move on up) prod just blaze.
Kanye West - Through the wire (chaka khan - through the fire) prod by kanye west.

My favorite one was re-doing Jay-Z's H to the Izzo (Jackson 5 - I want you back) prod kanye west. I had fun trying to figure that one out. It was a bit more obscure.

There are A LOT MORE. I'm sure everyone else will add more to the list.

you know where the h to the izzo drums are from?

soundasleep wrote:

episode wrote:Off the top of my head...

Jay-Z - U don't know (bobby byrd - i'm not to blame) prod just blaze.
Kanye West - Touch the sky (curtis mayfield - move on up) prod just blaze.
Kanye West - Through the wire (chaka khan - through the fire) prod by kanye west.

My favorite one was re-doing Jay-Z's H to the Izzo (Jackson 5 - I want you back) prod kanye west. I had fun trying to figure that one out. It was a bit more obscure.

There are A LOT MORE. I'm sure everyone else will add more to the list.

you know where the h to the izzo drums are from?

the pattern is from dre's xxplosive. in fact, if you listen to a lot of kanye's songs, that's how he programs A LOT of his drums. kick, hat, snare; kick, hat, kick, snare.

talking bout drum patterns...............i've been using proper simple drums recently

kick hat snare hat kick hat snare hat

gets that head nodding rhythm to it

o yeh back to the topic

if its kanye ya want - download gold digger...........is all the originals that 'ye used.......................

if ya wanna try and be billy big bollox, download the donuts originals and try imitate dilla...........its sacreligious in my opinion, but hey watever man give it a go

try the shaolin soul compilations as well...........for them wu tang originals......

safe