From 1962's "Big Band Bossa Nova", here is composer extraordinaire, Quimcy Jones with "Soul Bossa Nova." Heard in Austin Powers and Sampled for Dream Warriors' "You Could Get Arrested" and "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style" and Ludacris for "Number 1 Spot." Enjoy!
From 1972, here is Al Green with *happy sigh*"Simply Beautiful." My mom still sings this one. :D :D Remade by Mary J Blige with Bonnie Raitt and also by Queen Latifah with Al himself. Sampled for Suga Bang Bang's "Don't Test Wu Stallion"; Nefarius' "Ill Rhyme"; Talib Kweli for "Good to You"; and Brotha Lynch Hung for "My Love." Enjoy!
From GS-H and BJ's "Bridges" (1977), here is "We Almost Lost Detroit." Love me sum BJ and GS-H! Sampled for Grand Puba's "Come On"; Black Star's "Brown Skin Lady"; and Common with Dwele for "The People." Enjoy!
From the 1972 release of the same name, here is War's "The World...."(album version). Sampled for King T's "Flauntin'" and Geto Boys for "The World is a Ghetto."Enjoy!
Puerto Rican singer, Jerry Rivera, with "Amores Como el Nuestro" off of his 1992 "Cuenta Conmigo." This was a gem I lucked up on. I bought a used CD of a different artist and it had this one inside. :) Sampled for Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz' "Déjà Vu (Uptown Baby)" and Shakira with Wyclef Jean for "Hips Don't Lie." Enjoy!
From 1978's "Touchdown", here is Bob James with "Angela." This song was used as the theme for the show "Taxi" and sampled for Souls of Mischief's "Cabfare" and Tweet's "Cab Ride." Enjoy!
Ex Commodores member, Lionel Richie with "Love Will Find a Way". Off of '83's "Can't Slow Down." Sampled for "I Don't Like to Dream about Gettin Paid" by Dogg Pound and Nate Dogg. Enjoy!
From 1974's "One", here is pianist Bob James with his Flack remake, "Feel Like Makin' Love." Sampled for Youngstas for "Wild Child"; Onyx for "Stik N Muve"; Public Enemy for "Louder than a Bomb"; Big Pooh's "On My Mind"; and Common with Will.I.Am's "I Want You."
Enjoy!
From 1975 "When Love Is New", here is Philly soul man, Billy Paul with "Let the Dollar Circulate." Sampled by Dilla for Steve Spacek and also by 9th wonder doe songs of the same name. Enjoy!
From 1970's "Awakening", here is the Ahmad Jamal Trio with "I Love Music." Sampled for Jeru's "Me or the Papes" and Nas' "The World is Yours". Enjoy!
***for u Amelfan***
D.C's own, The Blackbyrds, from the 1975 "City Life", here is in "Rock Creek Park"...oh yeah. lol Sampled a bit from BDK's "Raw (91)" to Eric B and Rakim's "The R" to Massive Attack's "Blue Lines" to Nasir's "Get Down" and so many more to name. Enjoy!
From 1970's "Step by Step by Step" or and "Best of..", here are siblings, The Five Stairsteps with "Ooh Child." Classic uplifting song! Remade numerous times from Nina Simone to Hall & Oates. Sampled from R Kelly's "Bump 'n' Grind" Remix; Imani Coppola's "I'm a Tree"; Nice and Smooth's "Ooh Child"; Tupac's "Keep Ya Head Up"; and De la Soul's "Buddy". Enjoy!
From 1980's "Hurry Up This Way", here are the Stylistics with the song of the same name. My fave song off the album! Sampled for Jay-Z's "Politics as Usual" and ALLIES for "Usual Polyin." Enjoy!
From "Ahmad Jamal '73" (1973), here is one of my fave musicians of ALL time, Ahmad Jamal with the War remake "The World is a Ghetto." Fender Rhodes..aaaah! :D Sampled for Big Pooh, Scudda, and Legacy's "Just Dont Speak"; Fat Joe for "The Sh.t Is Real"; and the Liks' "Feel the Real". Enjoy!
From 1976's "Breezin'". here is the title track from Geroge Benson. My intro to George Benson was through this song. Ahhh..so sweet! Classick! Sampled for Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince for "Time to Chill". Enjoy!
From most of his "Best of...", "Best of Bellydance from.." or "Best of Abdul Halim Hafiz" and many more, here is "Khusara Khusara" by Egyptian percussionist and composer, Hossam Ramzy. Sampled for Jay's with UGK for "Big Pimpin'". Enjoy!
![Feel Like Makin\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/Kif5KqbB1nA/2.jpg "Feel Like Makin\")
![Breezin\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/7PDGTW_NQ50/2.jpg "Breezin\")
