Top 10 Samples in Hip-Hop History ~ Part 6

My station. This was Spike Lee's station. The Notorious B.I.G. as well. Jay-Z prob'ly met his customers here. You can see, smell and feel the culture oozing out of every crack in the pavement.

In Brooklyn, you don't call a cab...you take the subway AND if it's an emergency then you call the Car Service. It ain't as glorious as it sounds. A pimped out old El Dorado with a Royal Crown in the FRONT and Back Dash.

The subway though, was a wonderful place for me to grow as a writer. Because let's face it, New Yorkers spend a lot of time waiting around for trains. Added up I'll bet it's a few days per year. If you're looking for inspiration on humanity...look no further than the Brooklyn Subway Line. CHANGE HERE FOR THE 2,3.4.5.A.C.E,the B.D.F. the N, the R, the Queens-Bound G.

Won't you please stand clear of the closing doors!

and you should know the drill by now...Don't scroll down to the text below (although I know it is tempting now you're being told not to. :P) until after the video or you'll spoil all the great surprises that lie within!

1) Juicy Fruit by MTUME = Juicy - The Notorious B.I.G.

2) Before The Night Is Over by Joe Simon = So Fresh, So Clean - OutKast

3) Mary Mary byTHE MONKEES = Mary Mary - Run DMC

4) Between The Sheets by The Isley Brothers = Big Poppa - The Notorious B.I.G.

5) Headless Heroes by Eugene McDaniels = Get It Together - Beastie Boys featuring Q-Tip

6) Don't Burn Down the Bridge by Gladys Knight & The Pips =

360* (What Goes Around) - Grand Puba

A Milli - Lil' Wayne

7) Running Away by Roy Ayers = Description of a Fool - A Tribe Called Quest

8) The Champ by The Mohawks (ALONG WITH BLONDIE's "Rapture") = Step Into A World (Rapture's Delite) - KRS-One

9) Black Cow by Steely Dan = Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) - Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz

10) Be Thankful For What You Got by William DeVaughn = Diamond In The Back - Ludacris

Okay. Okay. Settle Down Spaz.

Juicy Fruit by MTUME was also used by...

1. Stetsasonic for the classic "Talkin' All That Jazz"
2. Common for "Charm's Alarm"
3. Warren G used twice for "This DJ" & "Don't You see"
4. Allure feat. LL Cool J for their collabo "No Question"

Between The Sheets by ISLEY BROS too.

1. A Tribe Called Quest BONITA APPLEBUM ya gotta put me on.
2. Naughty By Nature WRITTEN ON YA KITTEN
3. Da Brat FUNKDAFIED
4. Heavy D & The Boyz NUTTIN' BUT LOVE for ya babe!
5. Keith Murray THE MOST BEAUTIFULLEST THING IN THIS WORLD is just like that....I get in ya!
6. Whitney Houston ONE OF THOSE DAYS

Headless Heroes by Eugene McDaniels was also used by PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH's "Soul Brother #1"!!!!!!!!!

Black Cow by Steely Dan also = MF Doom "Gas Drawlz"

Be Thankful For What You Got by William DeVaughn was sampled by

1. N.W.A. twice on "Gangsta Gangsta" & "8 Ball"
2. WC and the MAAD Circle for "In a Twist"
3. Intelligent Hoodlum too for "Back to Reality"
4. and Massive Attack's "Be Thankful For What You Got"

THIS TRAIN IS BEING HELD BY THE DISPATCHER!