Rock and Roll's Greatest Hip-Hop Samples (Pt 1 ~ Did You Know...?)

AC/DC

1. Flick of the Switch was used for LL Cool J's Rock The Bells

2. T.N.T. was sampled by the Beastie Boys for No Sleep Till Brooklyn

3. Back In Black was used for the following tracks

• Dope Beat - Boogie Down Productions

• My Name Is - Eminem

• Rock Hard - Beastie Boys

AEROSMITH

1. Dream On was used by Eminem for Sing for the Moment

2. Walk This Way is famous for the combo with Run DMC but was also used by..

• Same Song - Digital Underground

• Keepin' The Faith - De La Soul

• I Desire - Salt N Pepa

• Next Episode - Tone Loc

BLACKJACK a/k/a (Michael Bolton's Hard Rock Group)

1. Maybe It's the Power of Love has become Never Let Me Down by Kanye West feat. Jay-Z & J. Ivy
2. Stay was used for Jay-Z's tribute song to The Notorious Biggie Smalls called A Dream feat. Faith Evans

BABE RUTH

Their minor hit The Mexican has become one famous sample.

1. Afrika Bamabaataa - Planet Rock
2. Doug E Fresh - Africa
3. Jungle Brothers - On The Run
4. Organized Konfusion - Prisoners of War
5. and was even used on another rock hit for Sugar Ray's Fly

BALLIN' JACK

1. Found a Child is now known as Bust a Move by Young MC
2. Never Let 'Em Say was used by the Beastie Boys for Shadrach

THE BEATLES

Michelle was used by

• Doug E Fresh for "The Show"
• Wyclef ft. Canibus & R. Kelly - Gone Till November

Eleanor Rigby was used by Talib Kweli for "Lonely People"

Hey Jude was interpolated by KRS-One for the intro to Criminal Minded by Boogie Down Productions

JEFF BECK

Come Dancing was used by

1. De La Soul for "The Bizness" & "Area" & "Down Syndrome"
2. Gangstarr 's "My Rep Grows Bigga"
3. Queen Latifah's "Princess of the Posse".

PAT BENATAR

Her song "Heartbreaker" was used by Lil' Kim for Don't Mess With Me

BRIAN BENNETT (of The Shadows)

Solstice was used by Nas for Find Ya Wealth and by QB's Finest for Oochie Wally

CHUCK BERRY

Johnny B. Goode was used by LL Cool J to shout out his DJ in "Go Cut Creator Go"

JELLO BIAFRA (of The Dead Kennedys)

1. Word from our Sponsers was used by Ice-T for Shut Up Be Happy
2. Tales from othe Trial (Part 3) was also used by Ice-T for his song Freedom of Speech

BIG BROTHER AND HOLDING COMPANY (a/k/a Janis Joplin's old group)

Summertime was used by Eminem for Rock Bottom

BLACK SABBATH

1. Black Sabbath the song, was used by Busta Rhymes for Blackout
2. The Wizard was sampled by Cypress Hill for We Ain't Goin' Out Like That
3. Wicked World is now The Beatnuts' classic jam Reign of the Tec
4. Iron Man became This Means War by Busta Rhymes
5. Sweet Leaf was used by the Beastie Boys for Rhymin' and Stealin'

BLONDIE

Rapture is one of the very first rap songs to gain airplay and was sampled by

1. Foxy Brown & Jay-Z's I'll Be
2. Grandmaster Flash used it for his opus The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
3. Jungle Brothers sampled it for In Dayz to Come
4. and of course KRS-One made Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight)

DAVID BOWIE

Fame was used by

1. EPMD - It Wasn't me, It Was The Fame
2. House of Pain - Shamrocks & Shenanigans
3. Public Enemy - Night of the Living Baseheads
4. Sir Mix-A-Lot - Posse on Broadway

Let's Dance was famously used by Puffy for Been Around The World

BRETHREN

Outside Love - The famous drumbreak was used for

1. ATCQ's - Electric Relaxation AND Stressed Out
2. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Escape
3. Biz Markie - Take It From The Top
4. Gang Starr - Precisely The Right Rhymes

EDIE BRICKELL & THE NEW BOHEMIANS

What I Am was used for Brand Nubian's classic Slow Down

DAVID BROMBERG

Sharon is now known to beat junkies as the homeless anthem Johnny Ryall by the Beastie Boys

BUBBLE GUM MACHINE

I Wonder has been used for the Black Sheep classic Flavor of the Month

BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD

For What It's Worth is used by Public Enemy for the soundtrack track He Got Game

TRACY CHAPMAN

Fast Car was used for the mega-classic Sometimes I Rhyme Slow by Nice & Smooth

CHICAGO

Saturday in the Park is used in the outro for A Roller Skating Jam Called 'Saturdays' by the incredible De La Soul

ERIC CLAPTON

I Shot The Sheriff is used by..

1. EPMD's "Strictly Business"
2. Public Enemy's "Fight The Power"
3. Warren G's "I Shot The Sheriff"

THE CLASH

Should I Stay or Should I Go? was used by Ice Cube & Mack 10 using the same title.

Rock The Casbah was shamelessly used by Will Smith for the awful Will2K

JOE COCKER

Woman to Woman was used by

1. 2Pac & Dr. Dre - California Love
2. The Ultramagnetic MC's - Funky and Blast from the Past
3. EPMD - Knick Knack Patty Wack
4. Nice & Smooth - How To Flow

PHIL COLLINS

In The Air Tonight is from...

1. DMX - I Can Feel It
2. Doug E Fresh - Everybody Loves a Star
3. 2Pac - Staring Through The Rearview

Take Me Home was used by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony for Home

ELVIS COSTELLO

Pump It Up is now the racism anthem by the Beastie Boys on Egg Man

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL

Commotion is now famous as

1. Shoot Em Up by the Cypress Hill crew
2. I Wanna Kill Sam by Ice-T

DURAN DURAN

Notorious was used to rep Biggie again on Notorious BIG feat. Lil' Kim & Puffy's Notorious

IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS

What A Waste was used for Can I Kick It? by A Tribe Called Quest

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