Rick James – “Moonchild”
used in “Love Is All We Need”

Michael Jackson – “I Can’t Help It”
used in “Sexy”

Al Green – “Free At Last”
used in “No One Else”

Barry White – “It’s Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me”
used in “You Bring Me Joy”

Jackson 5 – “Maybe Tomorrow”
used in Ghostface’s “All That I Got Is You” feat. Mary J. Blige

Keni Burke – “Risin’ To The Top”
used in “Love No Limit”

Roberta Flack – “Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye”
used in “I Can Love You”

The Stylistics – “You Are Everything”
used in “Everything”

James Brown – “Papa Don’t Take No Mess, Pt. 1”
“You Don’t Have To Worry”

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – “You’re All I Need To Get By”
used in Method Man & Mary J. Blige’s “All I Need”

Debra Laws – “Very Special”
used in “What’s The 411?”

Betty Wright – “Clean Up Woman“
used in “Real Love”

DeBarge – “A Dream”
used in “A Dream”

Mary Jane Girls – “All Night Long”
used in “Mary Jane”

“Before bottled water was out, man, tap water was all you got. It’s in the hood man, you run in the bathroom and that shit be cold as shit. Drink it right out the shit, fuck a cup, you know what I mean?” – Ghostface in Vice’s food issue

“Celebrate” by Rare Earth

used in “We Celebrate”

“Packed Up and Took My Mind” by Little Milton

used in “Walk Around”

“That’s The Way It’s Got To Be (Body And Soul)” by Soul Generation

used in “White Lines Affair (Toney Awards)”

“Superman Lover” by Johnny Guitar Wilson

used in “Supa GFK”

“It’s All Over” by The Independents

used in “I’ll Die For You”

“Lie No. 2” by The Originals

used in “Paisley Darts””

Musings To Myself” by El Michels Affair
used in “Shakey Dog Starring Lolita”

“Riding High” by Faze-O

used in “Killa Lipstick”

Wait a minute…so you mean to tell me that a video featuring Freeway & Rick Ross exists in life, and there is not one fully synchronized tug of the beard? Not once never? Are you kidding me? Travesty.

Anyway, the Roc Boys are in the building again this week, and whether they use somewhat familiar picks, like the David Porter record below, or otherwise, they sure know how to choose their samples. Dig in!

“Did You Hear What They Said” by Gil-Scott Heron
portions embodied in “This Can’t Be Real” feat. Marsha Ambrosius

“I’m Afraid The Masquerade Is Over” by David Porter
used in “It’s Over”

“Eddie, You Should Know Better” by Curtis Mayfield
used in “Still Got Love” [and also posted here]

“Hey, Big Spender” from the Sweety Charity Soundtrack
used in “Roc-A-Fella Billionaires” feat. Jay-Z

“The Way We Were” by Gladys Knight & The Pips
used in “When They Remember”

“I’ll Be The Other Woman” by The Soul Children
used in “Reppin’ The Streets”

“I Wanna Write You A Love Song” by David Oliver
used in “Free At Last”

“Overture of Foxy Brown” by Willie Hutch
portions embodied in “Baby Don’t Do It”

“I Cry” by Millie Jackson
used in “I Cry”

*Bonus: “I Just Can’t See Myself Without You” by Creative Source
used in “What We Do” feat. Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel

Take what Forbes figured, then figure more.

“Soon I’ll Be Loving You” by Marvin Gaye
used in “American Dreamin’”

“Get Into The Party Life” by Little Beaver
used in “Party Life”

“Make The Road By Walking” by The Menahan Street Band
used in “Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)…

“Short Eyes” by Curtis Mayfield
used in “American Gangster”

“New Earth” by Hank Marvin
used in “Pray”

“Fell For You” by The Dramatics
used in “Fallin’”

“The Love We Share” by Tom Brock
used in “Say Hello”

“Funky Thing (Pt. 1)” by Larry Ellis & The Black Hammer
used in “Success”

“Hello Brooklyn” by The Beastie Boys
used in “Hello Brooklyn 2.0″ feat. Lil’ Wayne

“Love Serenade” by Barry White
used in “No Hook”

“Hold On” by En Vogue
used in “Blue Magic”

“Between The Sheets” by The Isley Brothers
used in “Ignorant Sh*t” feat. Beanie Sigel

Bonus:
“Keep The Faith” by Mel & Tim
used in “The Prelude” [Kingdom Come]

“Darkest Light” by Lafayette Afro Rock Band
used in “Show Me What You Got” [Kingdom Come]

Related articles:
Rudy Love speaks on Jay-Z sampling him
Just Blaze speaks on “Ignorant Sh*t”

P.S.: If anyone has that Rudy Love track used for “Sweet”, holla front! Been looking for days to no avail…

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – “Back Together Again”
used in “Spring Again”

Monk Higgins & The Specialties – “One Man Band”
used in “Biz Is Goin’ Off”

Fab Five Freddy feat. B-Side – “Change Le Beat”
used in “This Is Something For The Radio”

Inner Life feat. Jocelyn Brown – “I’m Caught Up (In A One Night Love Affair)”
used in “Caught Up”

Yvonne Fair – “Let Your Hair Down”
used in “Check It Out”

Stevie Wonder – “Boogie On Reggae Woman”
used in “The Doo Doo”

Rufus Thomas – “Sister’s Got A Boyfriend”
used in “Hooker Got a Boyfriend”

Freddie Scott – “(You) Got What I Need”
used in “Just a Friend”

Unlimited Touch – “I Hear Music In The Streets”
used in “I Hear Music”

McFadden & Whitehead – “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now”
used in “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now”

Aaron Neville – “Hercules”
used in “A Thing Named Kim”

Michael Jackson – “Thriller”
used in “Muddfoot”

*Thinkin’ & Thunken: RIP Bobby Byrd – peep Just Blaze’s blog right quick right here. We’re on VIRB. Why are advertisements on eggs? Heroes on NBC starts back up on Monday. HBO’s The Wire the top of next year. We’re geeked. That is all.

The Chemical Brothers sampled Nicole Wray? What?? Maaaad random. If you don’t remember who that is, she was a member of Timbaland and Missy’s clique circa the mid-nineties, thus prompting that Aaliyah video post yesterday. In any case, in addition to the Nicole Wray track, here are a few more songs (a good amount of breakbeats- break out the cardboard) that Tom and Ed sampled. You like how I just said that like I know them right? “Yeah, I’m about to go chill at Tom at Ed’s crib real quick – Be right back!”

Anyway! My NYC folks, they’ll be performing live with Ladytron on the 22nd in Williamsburg. Get at me if you’re trying to roll. In the meantime, dig in.

Joe Ski Love – “Do The Pee Wee Herman”
used in “Hey Girl Hey Boy”

Mantronix – “King of the Beats”
used in “Song to the Siren”

Schooly D – “Gucci Again”
used in “Block Rockin’ Beats”

Rah Digga – “Party And Bullshit”
used in “Shake Break Bounce”

Kurtis Blow – “The Breaks”
used in “It Began In Afrika”

Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three – “The Roof Is On Fire”
used in “Hey Boy Hey Girl”

Nicole Wray feat. Missy Elliot & Mocha – “Make It Hot”
used in “Music: Response”

Renegade Soundwave – “Thunder”
used in “Morning Lemon”

Bob James – “Take Me To The Mardi Gras”
used in “Dig Your Own Hole”

The Beatles – “Tomorrow Never Knows”
used in “Setting Sun”

Very interesting fabric choice from The Hundreds on their latest New Era collabo, as it looks like the material is that mixed cotton sweatshirt type on the front panel. Doesn’t seem to be available yet on their website, but for our Cali visitors, Strictly Fitteds reports that you can cop the caps (ooooh- alliteration!) at The Hundreds’ shop on 7909 Rosewood Avenue/LA, CA 90048.

Speaking of The Hundreds! DJ Mike B recently dropped a mix specifically for the streetwear brand. Peep what he says about the mix below, and then check out the tracklist after the jump:

It’s a summery mix of low rider classics as well as lots of other cool music from the 50′s, 60′s and 70′s. It was originally supposed to be a sequel to Drive-By Bangers, but we decided to go non hip-hop. 500 copies floated around the Magic tradeshow in vegas this week and I’m told 1000 more are being made. Til then, I figured I’d make it easily accessible for my own personal hundreds (chuckle chuckle.)

DJ Mike B – “Steady Dippin’ (The Hundreds LA Mixtape Vol. 2)”

Tracklist
Intro/ El Chicano – Viva Tirado
Brenton Wood – Oogum Boogum
Willie Bobo – Fried Neck Bones, And Some Home Fries
The Outcasts – Loving You Sometimes
Santana – Evil Ways
Mickey & Silvia – Love Is Strange
Aalon – Rock & Roll Gangster
Willie Bobo – Spanish Grease
Santana – She’s Not There
The Zombies – She’s Not There
The Box Tops – The Letter
WAR – The Cisco Kid
Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs – Wooly Bully
Clarence “Frogman” Henry – Ain’t Got No Home
The Newbeats – Bread & Butter
The Staple Singers – Let’s Do ItAgain
Joe Cocker – Woman To Woman
Blood Sweat & Tears – You’ve Made Me So Very Happy
William DeVaughn – Be Thankful
James & Bobby Purify – I’m Your Puppet
Jean Knight – Mr Big Stuff
The Guess Who – These Eyes
The Intruders – Cowboys To Girls
The Young Rascals – Groovin
Shuggie Otis – Aht Uh Mi Head
Rare Earth – I Know I’m Losing You
The Animals – Around And Around
Booker T & The MG’s – Hip Hug Her
Redbone – Come And Get Your Love
The Seeds – Can’t Seem To Make You Mine
Hugh Masekela – Grazing In The Grass
Malo – Suavecito
Sly Slick & Wicked – Confessing A Feeling
Barbara Mason – Yes, I’m Ready

SOS Band – “The Finest”
used in “The Finest”

Cymande – “Brothers On The Slide”
used in “Cedar”

New Birth – “Got To Get A Knutt”
used in “The Hand of Doom”

The Whatnauts – “Message From A Black Man”
used in King Geedorah ft. MF Doom & Mr. Fan – “Anti-Matter”

The Deele – “Shoot ‘Em Up Movies”
used in “Red and Gold”

Atlantic Starr – “All In The Name of Love”
used in “The M.I.C.”

Sade – “Is It A Crime”
used in “All Spice”

Ronnie Laws – “Friends & Strangers”
used in “Deep Fried Frenz”

New Birth – “Do It Again”
used in “Valerian Root”

James Ingram & Quincy Jones- “One Hundred Ways”
used in “Rhymes Like Dimes”

The Spinners – “Ain’t No Price On Happiness”
used in “Go with the Flow”

Steely Dan – “Black Cow”
used in “Gas Drawls”

Donny Hathaway – “She Is My Lady”
used in MF Doom & RZA – “Biochemical Equation”

Gil-Scott Heron – “We Almost Lost Detroit”
used in “Camphor”

Anita Baker – “Sweet Love”
used in “Super”

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Nike Air Huarache x Classic BW Hybrids?? Crazy! The hybrid combines the two by using the upper, heel support and ventilated side look from the Huarache’s and the midsole and the sole from the Classic BW. No release date yet on these, but word has it with the amount of hybrids hitting the streets lately, these should be out within the next couple of months. Check out some more images here.

Also, Cosmo Baker recently did the sequel to his early summer mix “Feeling Good” entitled “Still Good” and it is smoooooooth. For this mix, he says “I wanted to try and capture the stillness of summer, when the air is hot and the days are long, and time seems to be moving at a slower pace than normal. This is a companion piece to “Feeling Good” but it takes a different direction and deals with another type of – but no less intense – energy.” You can download the new mix here, and check out the artwork/playlist after the jump.

Catherine Howe “Up North”
Tarika Blue “Dreamflower”
Archie Whitewater “Cross Country”
Lani Hall “Love Song”
Joe Sample “In All My Wildest Dreams”
Taj Mahal “Corinna”
Minnie Riperton “Les Fleur”
Batteaux “Maybe I’ll Run Away”
The Main Ingredient “Summer Breeze”
Quincy Jones “Summer In The City”
Cris Williamson “Shine On Straight Arrow”
Steve Davis “Lalune Blanche”
David Crosby “Music Is Love”
Shuggie Otis “Island Letter”
Sly & The Family Stone “(You Caught Me) Smilin’”
Larry T. & The Family “Where Does The Answer Lie?”
Archie Whitewater “Home Again”
Stevie Wonder “I Gotta Have A Song”
The Albert “One Life”
Odyssey “Battened Ships”
Linda Lewis “Old Smokey”
Milton Wright “Friends And Buddies”
Nina Simone “Feeling Good”

Adidas is definitely stepping up their limited edition game, with a variety of packs dropping this fall. From nature to poker to hidden messages, the themes vary and in general are pretty dope. Check out further info about their release at Complex.

Full edition of Taster’s Choice coming in a few days next week, but here are a couple of random samples to hold you down in the meantime.

Crystal Waters – “Gypsy Woman”
used in T.I.’s “Why You Wanna”

The Temptations – “I’m A Bachelor”
used in AZ’s “Hustler”