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Partial list of samples

"Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside) (Remix)"
  • "The Payback
    The Payback
    The Payback is a 1973 double album by James Brown. It was originally scheduled to become the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film Hell Up in Harlem, but was rejected by director Larry Cohen for "not being funky enough." It went to #1 on the Soul Albums chart for two weeks and cracked the Pop...

    " by James Brown
  • "Funky Drummer
    Funky drummer
    "Funky Drummer" is a funk song recorded by James Brown and his band. The recording's drum break, performed by drummer Clyde Stubblefield, is one of the most frequently sampled rhythmic breaks in hip hop and popular music; indeed, it lays a strong claim to being the most sampled recording ever,...

    " by James Brown
  • "Standin' on the Verge of Gettin' It On" by Funkadelic
    Funkadelic
    Funkadelic was an American band most prominent during the 1970s. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...

  • "Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
    Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
    "Bop Gun " is a song by the funk band Parliament, the lead track on their 1977 album Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome. It was released as the album's first single. The song's lead vocal is performed by Glen Goins, his last performance on a P-Funk record.The Bop Gun is an imaginary weapon that...

    " by Parliament
    Parliament (band)
    Parliament was a funk band most prominent during the 1970s. It and its sister act Funkadelic, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...

  • "Straight Outta Compton
    Straight Outta Compton (song)
    "Straight Outta Compton" is the lead single from N.W.A's second album with the same name. It was released in 1988. It also appears on N.W.A's Greatest Hits with an extended mix and The Best of N.W.A. It was voted number 19 on About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs, and is ranked number 6 on VH1's 100...

     [Extended Mix] by N.W.A
  • "Bring the Noise
    Bring the Noise
    "Bring the Noise" is a song by the hip hop group Public Enemy. It was included on the soundtrack of the 1987 film Less Than Zero and was also released as a single that year. It later became the first song on the group's 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back...

    " by Public Enemy

"The Product"
  • "Good Times" by Kool & the Gang
    Kool & the Gang
    Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and...

  • "Rated X" by Kool & the Gang
  • "Jungle Boogie
    Jungle Boogie
    "Jungle Boogie" is a funk song recorded by Kool & the Gang for their 1973 album Wild and Peaceful. It scored number four as a single and became very popular in nightclubs. The song's spoken main vocal was performed by the band's roadie Don Boyce...

    " by Kool & the Gang
  • "You Can Make It if You Try" by Sly & the Family Stone
  • "Train Sequence", narrated by Geoffrey Sumner
  • "Funky Drummer" by James Brown
  • "The Nigga Ya Love to Hate" by Ice Cube
  • "Illegal Search" by LL Cool J

"I Gotta Say What Up!!!"
  • "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" by Isaac Hayes
    Isaac Hayes
    Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...

  • "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
  • "Who Stole the Soul?" by Public Enemy

"Dead Homiez"
  • "Rollin' Wit the Lench Mob" by Ice Cube
  • "Do Like I Do" by Smokey Robinson
    Smokey Robinson
    William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...



"Jackin' for Beats"
  • "It's a Man's Man's Man's World
    It's a Man's Man's Man's World
    "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" is a song by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16, 1966 in a New York studio and released it as a single later that year. It reached #1 on the Billboard Top R&B Singles charts and #8 in the Billboard Hot 100...

    " by James Brown
  • "The Payback
    The Payback (song)
    "The Payback" is a funk song by James Brown, the title track from his 1973 album of the same name. The song's lyrics, originally written by trombonist and bandleader Fred Wesley but heavily revised by Brown himself soon before it was recorded, concern the revenge he plans to take against the man...

    " by James Brown
  • "Funky President
    Funky President
    "Funky President " is a funk song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1974, it charted #4 R&B. It also appeared on the album Reality. According to Brown the "funky president" of the song's title was meant to refer to U.S...

    " by James Brown
  • "Funky Drummer
    Funky drummer
    "Funky Drummer" is a funk song recorded by James Brown and his band. The recording's drum break, performed by drummer Clyde Stubblefield, is one of the most frequently sampled rhythmic breaks in hip hop and popular music; indeed, it lays a strong claim to being the most sampled recording ever,...

    " by James Brown
  • "I Know You Got Soul
    I Know You Got Soul (Bobby Byrd song)
    "I Know You Got Soul" is a song recorded by Bobby Byrd with James Brown's band The J.B.'s. The recording was produced by Brown and released as a single in 1971. It reached #30 on the Billboard R&B chart. It was prominently sampled on the 1987 song of the same name by Eric B...

    " by Bobby Byrd
    Bobby Byrd
    Bobby Byrd born Robert Howard Byrd was an American funk/soul/R&B/gospel musician, songwriter and record producer. He was born in Toccoa, Georgia, and is a 1998 winner of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's prestigious Pioneer Award...

  • "Hot Pants - I'm Coming, I'm Coming, I'm Coming" by Bobby Byrd
  • "Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
    Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
    "Bop Gun " is a song by the funk band Parliament, the lead track on their 1977 album Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome. It was released as the album's first single. The song's lead vocal is performed by Glen Goins, his last performance on a P-Funk record.The Bop Gun is an imaginary weapon that...

    " by Parliament
  • "Sing a Simple Song
    Sing a Simple Song
    "Sing a Simple Song" is a 1968 song by the soul/rock/funk band Sly & the Family Stone, the b-side to their #1 hit "Everyday People". The song's lyrics, sung in turn by Sly Stone, Freddie Stone, Rose Stone, and Larry Graham, with spoken word sections by Cynthia Robinson, offer a simple solution for...

    " by Sly & the Family Stone
    Sly & the Family Stone
    Sly and the Family Stone were an American rock, funk, and soul band from San Francisco, California. Active from 1966 to 1983, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk, and psychedelic music...

  • "Big Ole Butt
    Big Ole Butt
    Big Ole Butt is the third single from LL Cool J's third album, Walking with a Panther. It was released in 1989 for Def Jam Recordings and was produced by the L.A. Posse and LL Cool J. Big Ole Butt would prove to be a mild success, making it to #13 on the Hot Rap Singles and #57 on the Hot...

    " by LL Cool J
    LL Cool J
    James Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor...

  • "So Wat Cha Sayin'
    So Wat Cha Sayin'
    "So Wat Cha Sayin" was the only single released from, EPMD's second album, Unfinished Business. Produced by EPMD with scratches provided by DJ Scratch, "So Wat Cha Sayin'" made it to three Billboard charts, peaking at #5 on the Hot Rap Singles....

    " by EPMD
    EPMD
    EPMD is an American hip hop group from Brentwood, New York. The group's name is a concatenation of the members' name "E" and "PMD" or an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referencing its members, emcees Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith...

  • "Heed the Word of the Brother" by X-Clan
    X-Clan
    X-Clan is a hip hop group from Brooklyn, New York, originally consisting of Grand Verbalizer Funkin' Lesson Brother J, Professor X The Overseer, Paradise the Architect, and Sugar Shaft the Rhythm Provider...

  • "They Call Me D-Nice" by D-Nice
    D-Nice
    D-Nice is the stage name of discjockey, beatboxer, rapper, producer and photographer who began his career in the mid-1980s with the hip hop group Boogie Down Productions.-Career:...

  • "Ashley's Roachclip
    Ashley's Roachclip
    "Ashley's Roachclip" is an instrumental song by funk group The Soul Searchers from their 1974 album Salt of the Earth on Sussex Records. A portion of the song from 3:30-3:50 contains a widely recognized drum break that has been sampled countless times in songs across several genres.- Songs that...

    " by The Soul Searchers
  • "Bon Bon Vie" by T.S. Monk
  • "Tramp" by Lowell Fulsom
  • "Psychedelic Shack" by The Temptations
    The Temptations
    The Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,...

  • "Hector" by Village Callers
  • "The Big Beat" by Billy Squier
    Billy Squier
    William Haislip "Billy" Squier is an American rock musician. Squier had a string of arena rock hits in the 1980s. He is best known for the song "The Stroke" on his 1981 album release Don't Say No...

  • "The Haunted House", narrated by Laura Olsher
  • "Welcome to the Terrordome" by Public Enemy
  • "The Humpty Dance
    The Humpty Dance
    "The Humpty Dance" is a 1990 hip hop song by Digital Underground, which was featured on their debut album Sex Packets. The single climbed all the way to #11 on the pop charts, #7 on the R&B charts, and #1 on the Billboard Rap Singles chart...

    " by Digital Underground
    Digital Underground
    Digital Underground was an alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California. It could have been considered a music "family" rather than a group, as its personnel changed and rotated with each album and tour....

  • "Rebel Without a Pause
    Rebel Without a Pause
    Rebel Without a Pause is a single by hip hop group Public Enemy from their groundbreaking 1988 album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. The title is a spoof of Rebel Without a Cause, a 1955 drama movie.-History:...

    " by Public Enemy
  • "100 Miles and Runnin" by N.W.A.
    N.W.A.
    N.W.A was an American hip hop group from Compton, California, widely considered one of the seminal acts of the gangsta rap sub-genre....



Album singles

"Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside)
Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside)
Endangered Species is a single from Ice Cube's debut album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted. The title comes from an excerpt in the beginning of the song, in which a reporter talks about blacks becoming endangered...

"
  • Released: 1990
  • B-side: Dead Homiez

Album chart positions

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1991 Kill At Will #34 #5

Later Samples

  • "Dead Homiez"
    • "Young Black Male" by 2Pac from the album 2Pacalypse Now
      2Pacalypse Now
      - Unused Tracks :* "Crooked Nigga Too" * "Tears Of A Clown" * "Scared Straight '91"...

  • "The Product"
    • "Young Black Male" by 2Pac from the album 2Pacalypse Now
      2Pacalypse Now
      - Unused Tracks :* "Crooked Nigga Too" * "Tears Of A Clown" * "Scared Straight '91"...

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