Willie Hutch has provided some great soul samples used on hip-hop tracks & one of my favourites is from Baby Come Home:
I first heard it used on 9th Wonder & Tightman's Underdogs. The lyrics focus on the everyday struggle & Tightman really bares his soul on this one. The production is minimal & 9th's signature snares & bassline keep your head nodding without taking the focus off the verses, with Willie's vocals in the background adding that extra bit of emotion. I feel I can really empathise with the rhymes & at the risk of sounding corny, it really tugs at the heartstrings...in a man-ass hip-hop way of course.
"What u doing?
Why u broke?
Where tha hoes?
& where that dro & all that Remy XO?
When the show?
Tell 'em I don't really know...
there's more to life than just me & my flow." - Tightman
Ghostface Killah's Back Like That takes the sample in a different direction with live instruments providing a bigger more expansive sound, mixed to sound squeaky clean. Though the subject matter's not so joyful, Xtreme's beat is uptempo & definitely for the clubs & in stark contrast to the introspective, almost mournful sound 9th produces.
I first heard it used on 9th Wonder & Tightman's Underdogs. The lyrics focus on the everyday struggle & Tightman really bares his soul on this one. The production is minimal & 9th's signature snares & bassline keep your head nodding without taking the focus off the verses, with Willie's vocals in the background adding that extra bit of emotion. I feel I can really empathise with the rhymes & at the risk of sounding corny, it really tugs at the heartstrings...in a man-ass hip-hop way of course.
"What u doing?
Why u broke?
Where tha hoes?
& where that dro & all that Remy XO?
When the show?
Tell 'em I don't really know...
there's more to life than just me & my flow." - Tightman
Ghostface Killah's Back Like That takes the sample in a different direction with live instruments providing a bigger more expansive sound, mixed to sound squeaky clean. Though the subject matter's not so joyful, Xtreme's beat is uptempo & definitely for the clubs & in stark contrast to the introspective, almost mournful sound 9th produces.
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