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3rd Bass - Sons of 3rd Bass (1989)
Styles P - Good Times (2002)
Young MC - Know How (1988)
Public Enemy - Show 'Em Whatcha Got (1988)
Spiller - Groovejet (It This Ain't Love) (2000)
Boards Of Canada - Aquarius (1998)
Madonna - Hung Up (2005)
Paul Hardcastle - 19 (1985)
Notorious B.I.G. feat Puff Daddy and Mase - Mo Money Mo Problems (1997)
Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock (1982)
M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up the Volume (1987)
Beastie Boys - Rhymin & Stealin (1986)
Beastie Boys - Sure Shot (1994)
The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight (1979)
DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World (1996)
The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (1997)
Samples: Pekka Pohjola - The Madness Subsides; Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Picking out a ‘best sample’ from Entroducing, the debut album from DJ Shadow, is difficult, for the whole thing is basically samples. MusicRadar users expressed a particular fondness for Midnight In A Perfect World, though, and we’ve picked out a couple of key components.
The first is the phased electric piano progression from Finnish musician Pekka Pohjola’s The Madness Subsides, and then there’s the drum break from Marlena Shaw’s California Soul. These are just starting points, though: with his trusty Akai MPC-60, DJ Shadow demonstrated an incredible ability to take a disparate collection of samples and make it sound like they always belonged together.
