Golden Age Thursday Samples

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J.O.B. Orquestra's "Govinda" (1978) Brings Spiritual Jazz To Tracks From Mac Miller (2014) & Isaiah Rashad (2021) - Glide Magazine

Isaac Hayes’s Award-Winning Classic “Theme From Shaft” (1971) Becomes a Fixture In Hip-hop Thanks To Jay-Z (1998) & LL Cool J (1987)

Ronnie Foster's "Mystic Brew" (1972) Is Ingrained In Hip-hop Thanks To A Tribe Called Quest (1993) & J. Cole (2013) - Glide Magazine

Bobby Byrd's Funk Classic "I Know You Got Soul" (1971) Gets Flipped Into Hip-hop Excellence By Public Enemy (1989) & Ice Cube (1990) - Glide Magazine

The Gap Band’s “Yearning For Your Love” (1980) Gets Positioned Alongside Hip-hop Heavyweights like Nas (1994) & The Pharcyde (1995) - Glide Magazine

This article explores how The Gap Band's 1980 soul/funk classic ‘Yearning For Your Love’ was sample…

This article examines how Bobby Byrd's 1971 funk classic ‘I Know You Got Soul’ became a foundationa…

Ronnie Foster's 1972 jazz-funk track ‘Mystic Brew’ has become a foundational sample in hip-hop hist…

Isaac Hayes's iconic ‘Theme From Shaft’ has become a significant sample in hip-hop, with notable us…

This article discusses how sampling can help preserve and repurpose older musical works, specifical…