Когда мы говорили о богатом музыкальном наследии Марвина Гея, вы могли заметить, что среди всего многообразия композиций, из которых рэпперы дергают себе семплы, есть более популярные, а есть и те, которые использовались всего раз-другой. Одной из наиболее востребованных композиций певца оказалась "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)", но даже ей в плане цитирования оказалось далеко до некоторых хитов, о которых пойдет речь ниже. В этом материале мы как раз и постараемся разобраться с такими рекордсменами.

Наверняка каждому из вас неоднократно попадались композиции с одними и теми же достаточно узнаваемыми мелодиями. И рано или поздно в голове всплывает вопрос – а сколько же раз оригинальная песня была оприходована благодарными поколениями? И сколько раз это нужно сделать, чтобы стало достаточно МНОГО? Понятно, что два-три-четыре – это еще цветочки, и вероятность того, что вы обратите внимание на такую цитату, или хотя бы получите шанс её заметить, достаточно невелика. Если же десяток рэпперов поступит аналогичным образом, то уже имеет смысл говорить о популярности семпла.

Однако таких композиций на поверку оказывается слишком много, чтобы постараться впихнуть в один материал. И даже 12-ти-, 14-ти-, 16-тикратных цитирований тоже немало. Поэтому волюнтаристским решением планка была установлена на отметке 20. Кто из попавшихся смог её перешагнуть, того и посчитали. При этом, конечно, нужно четко понимать, что обнаруженная информация ни в коей мере не может претендовать на звание исчерпывающей и всеохватывающей. Изучением семплов можно заниматься всю жизнь и даже на её закате вряд ли вы сможете смело утверждать, что обнаружили всё. Особенно если учесть многократно возросший объем музыкальной информации по сравнению с благословенными годами, когда творило большинство авторов цитат.

Итак, первым наш рубеж осилил автор гимна брейкеров всея планеты Herbie Hancock. Но нет, не с легендарным "Rock It". 21 раз другие артисты воспользовались его композицией 1973 года "Watermelon Man". "Rock It", конечно тоже не прошел незамеченным, но, судя по всему, оказался слишком узнаваем, чтобы пойти в массовое производство. На один пункт больше набрал один из королей стиля соул Isaac Hayes. Его голос вам хорошо знаком благодаря тому, что Isaac озвучивал шеф-повара из мультсериала South Park. За свою карьеру он создал десятки хитов, но именно песня с заковыристым названием "Ike's Mood I/You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" больше всего пришлась по душе рэпперам. Ровно такую же любовь они испытали и к знаменитейшему семплу, который дал рождение первому коммерческому рэп-шлягеру Sugarhill Gang "Rapper's Delight". Возможно вы уже поняли, что речь идет о группе Chic и их "Good Times" 1979 года.

Следующим участником нашего самопального топа стал проект Tom Tom Club. По аналогии с Herbie Hancock один из их хитов "Wordy Rappinghood" был помилован алчными до цитат читалами, но вот "Genius of Love" 1981 года пришелся ко двору и Mariah Carey, и Funkdoobiest, и ветеранам Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. Но еще раньше их с этой композиции успел снять часть сливок рэп-дуэт Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.

И вот в нашем обзоре появляется James Brown, имя которого большинство читателей наверняка не сомневалось тут увидеть. Забегая вперед, скажем, что общепризнанный король фанка появится тут еще не раз и не два, и вообще ничье наследие не подвергалось цитированию с такой безжалостной частотой. Трек "Escape-ism" (1971 год) был замечен в 26 композициях, уступив лишь один пункт композиции другого легендарного музыканта Grover Washington Jr. Его "Hydra" (1975 год) в полном соответствии со своим мифологическим прототипом оказалась воистину многоголовой.

Barry White, властитель дамских, в первую очередь, сердец, как выяснилось, вызывает стойкую симпатию к своему творчеству и у более суровой части населения. Элементы его трека 1973 года "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Babe" были обнаружены на стороне 32 раза. Столько же раз был препарирован "Give it up or Turnit a Loose" Джеймса Брауна (1970). На один шаг их обошел относящийся к столпам стиля фанк коллектив Sly & the Family Stone с песней 1969 года "You Can Make it if You Try". Отметим, что среди наших номинантов они раньше всех умудрились создать столь популярную вещицу. Было это в 1969 году.

Isaac Hayes был хорош и сам по себе, а в дуэте с Дэвидом Портером добился еще большего успеха. В результате на свет появились Soul Searchers, и в 1974-м они явили миру "Ashley's Roachclip". LL Cool J, Eric B & Rakim, Run DMC, Ice Cube, Geto Boys – все они не смогли устоять перед очарованием этой вещицы, а скандально известная на рубеже 90-х марионеточная группа Milli Vanilli цитировала "Ashley's Roachclip" трижды, в том числе и в своем хите "Girl You Know It's True".

И раз уж у нас зашла речь об исполнителях, популярных не только в среде музыкантов, но и среди простого населения, самое время вспомнить фанкатиров Kool and the Gang, чьи хиты раскачали не одно поколение жаждущих позитива слушателей. 46 раз их песня "Jungle Boogie" (1973) нашла себе приют в чужих треках. Но оказывается, чтобы достигать подобных результатов не всегда нужно понравится всем на свете. Так, например, куда менее простецкий коллектив Zapp, выпустив в 1980 году "More Bounce to the Ounce" к настоящему моменту собрал 50 зафиксированных заимствований. Такой размах даже и не снился любимым отечественными ремейкерами Таркану или Teach-In.

Лиха беда – начало. Если для одних полсотни цитат предел мечтаний (или кошмарный сон, если угодно), то кое-кто такие высоты преодолевает с запасом в несколько корпусов. Знаменитый "The Payback" (1974) Джейса Брауна обскакал Zapp с гандикапом в 15 единиц, а еще один трек Kool and the Gang со скупым названием "N.T.", вышедший на пару лет раньше, достиг отметки 72.

В тройке самых цитируемых композиций бронза и золото ожидаемо достались Джеймсу Брауну. "Funky President" (1974) оказывал поддержку своим, то ли наследникам, то ли нахлебникам, сто раз, а вышедший четырьмя годами раньше "Funky Drummer" (1970) умудрился 181 раз за прошедший период засветиться в гостях. Однако неподдельный интерес вызывает вопрос – кто вмешался в гегемонию Джеймса на цитатной сцене? Пять треков в топе, два из них в тройке – как было бы красиво, если бы весь пьедестал достался ему же.

Но нет, современники не дремали и лаптем щи не хлебали - Sly & the Family Stone в том же 1969-м, что и первая представленная тут их композиция создали знаменитую "Sing a Simple Song". Если у кого-нибудь еще остаются сомнения, действительно ли все упомянутые композиции прошли проверку временем, предлагаем ознакомиться с весьма примерным, но, тем не менее, достаточно показательным перечнем заимствований. Как водится все ваши взвешенные дополнения и уточнения с радостью увидим в комментариях.

И вот еще что, как вы думаете, почему брейк-данс зародился именно в первой половине 70-х?

Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (1973)
Amon Tobin - "Chomp Samba"
Born Jamericans - "State of Shock IV"
Breeze - "Steady Tryin to Flow. . ."
Diamond Shell - "Captain Speakin'"
Digable Planets - "Escapism (Gettin' Free)"
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - "Famous and Dandy"
Funky Aztec - "Don Quixote"
Kings of Swing - "2 Minutes of Funk"
LL Cool J - "1-900-LL-Cool-J"
Organized Konfusion - "Open Your Eyes"
Original Flavor - "Gumdrops"
Out of Eden - "Lovely Day"
Rascalz - "Really Livin'"
Schoolly D - "Here we Go Again"
Schoolly D - "Smoke Some Kill"
Shaq - "I Hate to Brag"
Style - "Pray for Death"
Super Cat - "Dolly My Baby"
Ultramagnetic MCs - "You got to Feel It"
US3 - "Eleven Long Years"
Young Black Teenagers - "Looney Toonz"

Isaac Hayes - "Ike's Mood I/You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1971)
Alkaholiks - "Mary Jane"
Beanie Sigel - "Still Got Love for You"
Biz Markie - "Cool V's Tribute to Scratching"
Biz Markie - "Make the Music"
C-Murder ft Snoop Dogg & Magic - "Down for My Niggas"
Das EFX - "East Coast"
Foxxy Brown - "(Holy Matrimony) Letter to the Firm"
Intelligent Hoodlum - "Grand Groove"
Jeru the Damaja - "Jungle Music"
JVC Force - "Stylin' Lyrics"
Kenny Dope - "The Magnificent"
Kurupt ft Daz - "Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha"
LL Cool J - "Six Minutes of Pleasure"
Marley Marl ft Juice Crew - "He Cuts So Fresh"
Mary J. Blige - "I Love You"
Massive Attack - "One Love"
Naughty by Nature - "Knock 'Em out Da Box"
Peanut Butter Wolf - "I Will Always Love H.E.R."
Rahzel - "Make the Music 2000"
Ron C - "On and On"
The LOX - "Bitches from Eastwick"
Warren G - "Still Can't Fade It"

Chic - "Good Times" (1979)
Beastie Boys - "A.W.O.L."
Blondie - "Rapture"
Boogie Down Productions - "13 and Good"
Chubb Rock - "Just the Two of Us"
College Boyz - "Underground Blues"
Dan the Automator - "Music to be Murdered By"
De la Soul - "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'"
Digital Underground - "Doowutchyalike"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "The Reverend"
DJ Shadow - "Basic Mega-Mix"
Erick Sermon ft Redman & Keith Murray - "Rapper's Delight"
Father MC - "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
Fugees - "Refugees on the Mic"
Furious Five - "Birthday Party"
G.P. WU - "Hit Me with That Shit"
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - "Adventures on the Wheels of Steel"
Just Ice - "Back to the Old School"
Justin Warfield - "Steppin with. . ."
Side Cell & Rhapazooty - "Rhapazooty in Blue"
Spoonie Gee - "Monster Jam"
Sugarhill Gang - "8th Wonder"
Sugarhill Gang - "Rapper's Delight"

Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love (1981)
Above the Law - "Dose of the Mega Flex"
Almighty RSO - "Badd Boyz"
Ant Banks - "Roll 'em Phat"
Boogiemonsters - "Bronx Bombas"
Busta Rhymes ft Erykah Badu - "One"
Cam'Ron ft Kenny Greene - "Me, My Moms & Jimmy"
Dr. Jeckyll - "Genius Rap"
Dream Warriors - "And Now the Legacy Begins"
Fresh Kid Ice - "Roll Call"
Funkdoobiest - "Natural Fun"
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - "It's Nasty"
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - "We Will Rock You"
Mariah Carey - "Fantasy"
Mellow Man Ace - "Linda"
PM Dawn - "Gotta Be Movin' on Up"
Redhead Kingpen - "A Shade of Red"
Redman - "Brick City Mashin'"
Second II None - "Niggaz Trippin'"
Threat - "Give it Up"
Tupac - "High Speed"
Wascals - "Class Clown"
X-Clan - "In the Ways of the Scales"
Yush 2K ft Dangerman - "Face N Da Shape"

James Brown - Escape-ism (1971)
Afrika Bambaataa ft Family - "Mind, Body and Soul"
Audio Two - "What More Can I Say?"
Big Daddy Kane - "Raw"
Craig Mack - "Get Down"
Cypress Hill - "How I Could Just Kill a Man"
Freddie Foxx - "The Ladies Jam"
Heavy D - "The Overweight Lovers in the House"
Hip-Hop against Apartheid - "Free South Africa"
Ice T - "Home of the Bodybag"
Ice T - "Street Killer"
Illegal - "Crumbsnatchers"
Kool Moe Dee - "Deathblow"
Kool Moe Dee - "Here We Go Again"
Kris Kross - "Warm it Up"
Lords of the Underground - "Psycho"
Masta Ace - "Ace Iz Wild"
MC Shan - "Freedom"
Mellow Man Ace - "River Cubano"
Onyx - "Throw Ya Gunz"
Paris - "The Days of Old"
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Escapism"
Public Enemy - "Don't Believe the Hype"
Run-DMC - "Back from Hell"
TLC - "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"
Wascals - "Hard Rhymes"
Wee Papa Girls - "You've Got the Beat"

Grover Washington Jr. – Hydra (1975)
A Tribe Called Quest - "Check the Rhyme"
Artifacts - "Wrong Side of the Tracks"
Big Daddy Kane - "Daddy's Home"
Black Moon - "How Many MC's?"
Chante Moore - "This Time"
Cypress Hill - "Stoned Raiders"
Ed OG - "Stop (Think for a Moment)"
EPMD - "Underground"
Fat Joe - "Success"
Grand Daddy IU - "The U is Smooth"
Illegal - "If U Want It"
Joya - "I Like"
King T - "Jay Fay Dray"
Len - "Big Meanie"
Lench Mob - "All on My Nut Sac"
LL Cool J - "Papa Luv It"
Masta Ace - "A Walk thru the Valley"
Mic Geronimo - "Shit's Real"
Notorious BIG - "One More Chance"
Prince Markie Dee - "Crunch Time"
Red Hot Lover Tone - "4 My Peeps"
Red Hot Lover Tone - "Need Some Help from My Peeps"
Redman - "Winicumuhround"
Tim Dog - "Goin Wild in the Penile"
Tony Thompson - "I Know"
Wreckx-N-Effect - "Wreckx Shop"
Yaggfu Front - "Where'd You Get Your Bo Bo's?"

Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Babe (1973)
Beavis & Butthead - "Come to Butthead"
Big Daddy Kane - "Brother, Brother"
Boss - "Deeper"
Coco Lee - "So Crazy"
College Boyz - "Politics of. . ."
Compton's Most Wanted - "Wanted"
Daft Punk - "Da Funk"
De la Soul - "De La Orgy"
Deadly Duce - "Creepin through the Fog"
Eric B and Rakim - "The Rhyme Goes On"
Eric B and Rakim - "Move the Crowd"
Everlast - "Goodbye"
Freddie Foxx - "I'm Ready"
Ghostface Killah - "The Watch"
Grandmaster Melle Mel ft Van Silk - "What's the Matter with Your World?"
Gus Gus - "Barry"
K-Solo - "Drums of Death"
Kwame - "It's the Man We All Know and Love"
LL Cool J - "Farmers Blvd (Our Anthem)"
MC Lyte - "TRG (The Rap Game)"
MC Shan - "Ain't We Funkin'"
Nas - "One Mic"
NWA - "She Swallowed It"
NWA - "One Less Bitch"
Prince Johnny C - "Searching for. . ."
Queen Mother Rage - "To Be Real"
Rodney O - "DJs and MCs"
Rondo & Crazy Rak - "Low Down & Dirty"
Schoolly D - "Just Another Killer"
South Central Cartel - "County Bluz"
Tone Loc - "Cutting Rhythms"
Too $hort - "In the Trunk"

James Brown - Give it up or Turnit a Loose (1970)
2 Live Crew - "Ya Bad Self"
Antoinette - "Who's the Boss"
Black Rock & Ron - "Act Like You Know"
CEO - "House Time, Any Time"
Def Jef - "Poet with Soul"
Doug E Fresh - "Guess Who?"
Everlast - "Syndicate Soldier"
Freddie Foxx - "The Master"
GangStarr - "Gotch U"
Ice T - "Power"
Intelligent Hoodlum - "Keep Striving"
Jungle Brothers - "Straight out the Jungle"
Kurtis Blow - "Back by Popular Demand"
Miles Davis - "Blow"
NWA - "100 Miles and Runnin'"
Paris - "Wretched"
Professor Griff - "Pass the Ammo"
Public Enemy - "Burn Hollywood Burn"
Public Enemy - "Welcome to the Terrordome"
Rah Digga - "What They Call Me"
Rob Base - "Creation"
Schoolly D - "It's Like Dat"
Schoolly D - "Who's Schoolin' Who?"
Sister Souljah - "The Hate That Hate Produced"
Special Ed - "Come On, Let's Move"
Steady B - "Let the Hustlers Play"
Tone Loc - "Freaky Behavior"
Trey Lewd - "Hoodlums Hoo Ride"
Twin Hype - "Tales of the Twins"
Ultramagnetic MCs - "Give the Drummer Some"
Willie D - "Fuck Rodney King"
Young Black Teenagers - "Loud and Hard to Hit"

Sly & the Family Stone - You Can Make it if You Try (1969)
7A3 - "Coolin' in Cali"
Bomb the Bass - "Megablast"
BWP - "Fuck a Man"
Diamond D - "What You Seek"
DJ Quik - "Niggaz Still Trippin'"
DJ Shadow - "Basic Mega-Mix"
Force of Power - "The Force of Power"
Ice Cube - "The Product"
Ice Cube - "True to the Game"
Ice Cube - "Wicked"
Ice T - "New Jack Hustler"
Insane Poetry - "Grim Reality"
Jungle Brothers - "Because I Got it Like That"
King Sun - "Be Black"
King Sun - "Stunts"
King T - "Take You Home"
Lifer's Group - "Jack U. Back (So You Wanna Be a Gangsta)"
Mad Flava - "Wax on tha Belt (Baby G Gets Biz)"
Mobb Deep - "Hit it from the Back"
Poetess - "Forward Bound"
Powerule - "Gots to Get This"
Prince Johnny C - "Me and Baby Brother"
Public Enemy - "Night of the Living Baseheads"
Queen Latifah - "Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children"
Rumpletilskinz - "I-N-I"
Schoolly D - "Mr. Big Dick"
Schoolly D - "This is It (Ain't Gonna Rain)"
Stetsasonic - "Talkin' All That Jazz"
Tony, Toni, Tone - "In the. . ."
Tupac - "Troublesome"
Two Kings in a Cipher - "Movin' on 'Em"
X-Clan - "Xodus"
Yo-Yo - "You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo"

Soul Searchers - Ashley's Roachclip (1974)
2 Live Crew - "Ghetto Bass II"
3rd Bass - "Oval Office"
Antoinette - "Unfinished Business"
Antoinette - "Watch the Gangstress Boogie"
Black Rock & Ron - "Out of My Head"
Conscious Daughters - "Princess of Poetry"
Cutty Ranks - "The Stopper"
DJ Mark the 45 King - "Roach Clip"
Eazy-E - "Gimme That Nutt"
EMF - "Unbelievable"
Eric B and Rakim - "I Know You Got Soul"
Eric B and Rakim - "Paid in Full"
Fear of a Black Planet - "I'm Just a Human"
Frost - "Family Affair"
Get the Fist Movement - "Get the Fist"
Geto Boys - "Scarface"
Ice Cube - "Jackin' for Beats"
Insane Poetry - "Angel of Death"
Kris Kross - "Methods of Dropping Mental"
LL Cool J - "Jack the Ripper"
Masters at Work - "Jus' a Lil' Dope"
Mekon - "Phatty's Lunch Box"
Milli Vanilli - "All or Nothing"
Milli Vanilli - "Blame it on the Rain"
Milli Vanilli - "Girl You Know It's True"
Moby - "First Cool Hive"
Nice & Smooth - "Down the Line"
PM Dawn - "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"
Raw Fusion - "Hang Time"
Run-DMC - "Run's House"
S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. - "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day"
Scarface - "Mr. Scarface Pt 3 - The Final Chapter - He's Dead"
Style - "Just a Little Something"
Sweet T - "I Got the Feelin"
The Grouch - "Too Much On It"
Twin Hype - "Nothin' Could Save Ya"

Kool and the Gang - Jungle Boogie (1973)
Beastie Boys - "Hey Ladies"
Big Daddy Kane - "Get Down"
Blackstreet - "No Diggity"
BWP - "Wanted"
Coldcut - "Say Kids, What Time is It?"
Compton's Most Wanted - "Compton Cyco"
Cru - "Pronto"
Daddy-O - "Come for Mine"
Das EFX - "Straight from da Sewer"
DMX - "Do You"
Emergency Broadcast Network - "Get Down Version 2 point 2"
EPMD - "Can't Hear Nothing but the Music"
EPMD - "Richter Scale"
EPMD - "Strictly Business"
EPMD - "You Gots to Chill"
EPMD - "You Gots to Chill '97"
EPMD - "You're a Customer"
Grandmaster Caz - "Get Down Grandmaster"
Ice Cube - "The Product"
Ice T - "Make the Loot Loop"
Ice T - "Rap Game Hijacked"
Ice T - "Ricochet"
Ill Al Skratch - "Get Down"
Insane Poetry - "Grim Reality"
Insane Poetry - "How Ya Gonna Reason with a Psycho?"
Janet Jackson - "You Want This"
Jeru - "Thoughts of a Frustrated Nigga"
KAM - "Neva Again"
Luniz - "I Got 5 on It"
Madonna - "Erotica"
MC Lyte - "I am the Lyte"
Mistress & DJ Madame E - "Show 'em How We Play"
Private Investigators - "Mash up the Mic"
Public Enemy - "Welcome to the Terrordome"
Puff Daddy ft R Kelly - "Satisfy You"
Redman - "Jam 4 U"
Redman - "So Ruff"
Rodney O & Joe Cooley - "Get Down with the Lyrical Strangla"
Shadz of Lingo - "Mad Flavaz"
ShowBiz & A.G. - "Next Level"
Sons of Bazerk - "Get Down Get Down"
Stezo - "Freak the Funk"
Threat - "Let the Dogs Loose"
Ultramagnetic MCs - "We're Ultra III"
Whitehead Brothers - "Forgot I Was a G"
Yomo & Maulkie - "Soul Psychedelic Side"

Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce (1980)
A Lighter Shade of Brown - "Bouncin"
Above the Law - "Return of the Real Shit"
Bloods & Crip - "Shuda Been. . ."
Bobby Demo - "Ounce Rap"
Boss - "I'm Comin to Getcha"
Breeze - "LA Posse"
Brotha Lynch Hung - "Had 2 Gat Ya"
Candyman - "Oneninehundredskytalk"
Compton's Most Wanted - "Growin' up in the 'Hood"
Compton's Most Wanted - "Hit the Floor"
Coolio - "County Line"
Daddy-O - "Brooklyn Bounce"
Digital Underground - "Shake and Bake"
Digital Underground - "Sons of the P"
DJ Quik - "Way 2 Fonky"
EPMD - "You Gots to Chill"
EPMD - "You Gots to Chill '97"
Heavy D - "More Bounce to the Ounce"
Ice Cube - "Jackin' for Beats"
Ice Cube - "Look Who's Burnin'"
Ice Cube - "What Can I Do?"
Insane Clown Posse - "Dog Beats"
Kris Kross - "Shame"
Low Profile - "Pay Ya Dues"
Masta Ace - "Slaughtahouse"
MC Breed - "No Future in Yo' Frontin'"
Notorious BIG - "Going Back to Cali"
Paperboy - "The Nine Yards"
Professor X - "Close the Crackhouse"
Professor X - "What's up G?"
Public Enemy - "1 Million Bottlebags"
Public Enemy - "Anti-Nigger Machine"
Redman - "So Ruff"
Rodney O & Joe Cooley - "Get Down with the Lyrical Strangla"
Rodney O & Joe Cooley - "U Don't Hear Me Tho'"
Rodney O & Joe Cooley - "Wake up New York"
Shante - "Trick or Treat"
Snoop Dogg - "Snoop Bounce"
South Central Cartel - "Had to Be Loced"
South Central Cartel - "Servin' 'em Heat"
South Central Cartel - "Ya Getz Clowned"
Spanish Fly - "Kill 4 Thrillz"
Threat - "24-7"
Threat - "The Dogs are Loose"
Volume 10 - "Pistolgrip Pump"
WC & the Maad Circle - "U Don't Work, U Don't Eat"
Wu-Tang Clan - "Method Man"
X-Clan - "Heed the Words of a Brother"
X-Clan - "Xodus"
YGD - "Going Back to Cali"

James Brown - The Payback (1974)
Alkaholiks - "Last Call"
Almighty RSO - "Badd Boyz"
Big Daddy Kane - "Just Rhymin' with Biz"
Black Moon ft Smif N Wessun - "Headz Ain't Redee"
Bonny & Clyde - "Homey Don't Play Dat"
Boss - "Born Gangsta"
Brandy ft MC Lyte, Yo-Yo and Queen Latifah - "I Wanna Be Down"
Chi-Ali - "Shorty Said Nah"
Common - "Payback is a Grandmother"
Compton's Most Wanted - "The Final Chapter"
Coolio - "Sticky Fingaz"
Criminal Nation - "Mission of Murder"
Da Lench Mob - "Guerillas in the Mist"
Das EFX - "Brooklyn to T-Neck"
Das EFX - "Hard Like a Criminal"
Das EFX - "Mic Checka"
Das EFX - "They Want EFX"
Das EFX - "Wontu"
Def Squad ft Biz Markie - "Rhymin' wit' Biz"
En Vogue - "(My Lovin') You're Never Gonna Get It"
En Vogue - "Hold On"
EPMD - "Boon Dox"
EPMD - "I'm Mad"
EPMD - "Mr. Bozack"
EPMD - "The Big Payback"
Erick Sermon - "Safe Sex"
Greyson & Jayson - "Livin' Like a Troopa"
Heavy D - "Black Coffee"
Ice Cube - "Jackin' for Beats"
Ice Cube - "The Wrong Nigga to Fuck Wit"
Jodeci - "In the Meanwhile"
Karyn White - "Hunger"
King T - "Payback's a Mutha"
Knuckleheadz - "Hed Rush"
Kool Moe Dee - "Mo' Better"
LL Cool J - "Boomin' System"
LL Cool J - "Straight from Queens"
Low Profile - "Comin' Straight. . ."
Mary J. Blige - "Everything"
Massive Attack - "Protection"
MC Lyte - "Ruffneck"
MC Ren - "Mr. Fuck Up"
MC Shan - "Go for Yours ('Cause I'm Gonna Get Mine)"
Me Phi Me - "Keep it Going"
Mr. Lee - "Pump That Body"
NWA - "Sa Prize, Pt 2"
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "For Pete's Sake"
Po Broke & Lonely - "The Sex is On"
Professor X - "The Definition of a Sissy"
Queen Latifah - "If You Don't Know"
R Kelly - "Hump Bounce"
Redhead Kingpen - "A Shade of Red"
Redman - "A Day of Sooperman Lover"
Redman - "Blow Your Mind"
Redman - "Tonight's da Night"
Shaq - "I'm Outstanding"
Silk - "Happy Days"
Slick Rick - "Slick Rick - The Ruler"
Terminator X - "Buck Whylin'"
Total ft Notorious BIG - "Can't You See?"
Tupac - "Souljah's Revenge"
Ultramagnetic MCs - "Chorus Line"
Ultramagnetic MCs - "Yo! Black"
Wreckx-N-Effect - "Wreckx Shop"
Yo-Yo - "Put a Lid on It"

Kool and the Gang - N.T. (1972)
3rd Bass - "The Gladiator"
A Tribe Called Quest - "Mind Power"
Andreas 13 - "The Blues"
Antoinette - "Unfinished Business"
Big Daddy Kane - "On the Move"
Black Moon - "Freestyle"
Blueboy - "Remember Me"
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. - "Six Bad Brothas"
Boogie Down Productions - "Still No. 1"
Brand Nubian - "Slow Down"
BWP - "Cotex"
Chill Rob G - "Let Me Show You"
Chubb Rock - "Which Way is Up?"
Compton's Most Wanted - "Compton 4 Life"
Compton's Most Wanted - "Growin' up in the 'Hood"
Da Lench Mob - "Ankle Blues"
De la Soul - "Keepin' the Faith"
Diamond D - "Best Kept Secret"
DJ Mark the 45 King - "Simply Dope"
DJ Quik - "America'z Most Complete Artist"
Double XX Posse - "Headcracker"
EPMD - "Brothers from Brentwood LI"
Eric B and Rakim - "Move the Crowd"
Geto Boys - "Cereal Killer"
Geto Boys - "Damn it Feels Good to Be a Gangster"
Gospel Gangstas - "Vengeance is Mine"
H.E.A.L. - "Heal Yourself"
Jazzy Grooves - "Huh"
Jungle Brothers - "Book of Rhyme Pages"
Jungle Brothers - "What's Going On?"
K-Solo - "Letterman"
Kool G Rap - "Truly Yours"
Kris Kross - "Jump"
Kwame - "U Gotz 2 Get Down!"
Lord Finesse - "Praise the Lord"
Lords of the Underground - "What's Goin On?"
Main Source - "Fakin' the Funk"
Main Source - "Scratch & Kut"
Mark Morrison - "Return of the Mack"
Masta Ace - "As I Reminisce"
MC Serch - "Don't Have to Be"
MC Solaar - "Armand est Mort"
Mekon - "Minnie's Broken Arm"
Mellow Man Ace - "Talkapella"
Nas - "It Ain't Hard to Tell"
NWA - "Gangsta, Gangsta"
NWA - "Niggaz 4 Life"
Papa Chuk - "Flip the Shit"
Penthouse Players Clique - "Explanation of a Playa"
Pete Rock - "Truly Yours '98"
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Mecca and the Soul Brother"
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Pete's Sake"
Professor Griff - "Pawns in the Game"
Public Enemy - "B Side Wins Again"
Q-Tip - "Breathe and Stop"
Run-DMC - "Back from Hell"
Shabba Ranks ft KRS-One - "The Jam"
Shazzy - "Giggahoe"
Steady B - "Going Steady"
Stetsasonic - "Blood, Sweat and No Tears"
Stetsasonic - "So Let the Fun Begin"
Stonefunkers - "Suckers 4 Your Love"
Stop the Violence Movement - "Self-Destruction"
Terminator X - "Can't Take My Style"
The Cure - "Close to Me"
Trends of Culture - "Mad Flavor Mad Style"
Ultramagnetic MCs - "Moe Love on the One & Two"
UMC - "Swing into the Area"
Warren G - "Runnin' wit' No Breaks"
Woodshed - "Radio woodshed"
Yo-Yo - "Woman to Woman"
YZ - "Return of the Holy One"

James Brown - Funky President (1974)
2 Live Crew - "So Funky"
2nd II None - "More than a Player"
A Tribe Called Quest - "Oh My God"
A Tribe Called Quest - "Show Business"
Akinyele - "Exercise"
Beastie Boys - "Hey Ladies"
Big Daddy Kane - "Give it to Me"
Big Daddy Kane - "Word to the Mother (Land)"
Brand Nubian - "All for One"
Brand Nubian - "To the Right"
Capitol Tax - "Mista Wonka"
Cash Money & Marvelous - "The Mighty Hard Rocker"
Cash Money & Marvelous - "The Music Maker"
Craig G - "Duck Alert"
Da King & I - "What's up Doc"
Dan the Automator - "Get Down to the Funky Sound"
Dan the Automator - "Music to be Murdered By"
Dana Dane - "Little Bit of Dane"
Das EFX - "East Coast"
Das EFX - "Looseys"
Das EFX - "They Want EFX"
De la Soul - "Brain-Washed Follower"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Jazzy's n the House"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Who Stole My Car?"
Eric B and Rakim - "Eric B is President"
Eric B and Rakim - "Eric B Made My Day"
Eric B and Rakim - "The Rhyme Goes On"
Fam-Lee - "She's So Real"
Funkmaster Flex - "Live from the Palladium"
GangStarr - "Gotta Get Over"
GangStarr - "Knowledge"
Geto Boys - "Read These Nikes"
Ghostface Killah - "Deck's Beat"
Ghostface Killah - "Mighty Healthy"
Grand Daddy IU - "Sugar Free"
Group Home - "Supa Star"
Guru - "Take a Look (At Yourself)"
Guru - "Trust Me"
Heavy D - "Gyrlz, They Love Me"
Heavy D - "We Got Our Own Thang"
Hip-Hop against Apartheid - "Free South Africa"
Ice Cube - "Horny Lil' Devil"
Ice Cube - "I Wanna Kill Sam"
Ice Cube - "Jackin' for Beats"
Jazzy Grooves - "Scat Jam"
Jimmy Z - "Funky Flute"
Joint Ventures - "Interview"
Kid 'N Play - "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody"
Kid 'N Play - "Friendz"
Kid 'N Play - "Last Night"
King Just - "Warriors Drum"
King T - "E Get Swift"
KRS-One - "Outta Here"
Kurtis Blow - "Still on the Scene"
Large Professor - "I Juswannachill"
LL Cool J - "6 Minutes of Pleasure"
LL Cool J - "Ain't No Stoppin' This"
LL Cool J - "Fast Peg"
LL Cool J - "To Da Break of Dawn"
Lord Finesse - "Hey! Look at Shorty"
Low Profile - "Easy Money"
Marley Marl - "Duck Alert"
MC Breed - "Gotta Get Mine"
Mica Paris - "More Love"
Michel'le - "Nicety"
Mistress & DJ Madame E - "Get Pumped"
Naughty by Nature - "Guard Your Grill"
Naughty by Nature - "Hip Hop Hooray"
Nice & Smooth - "Sex, Sex, Sex"
NWA - "Fuck tha Police"
P-King - "Wicked and Nasty"
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Anger in the Nation"
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Da Two"
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Skinz"
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Tell Me"
Poor Righteous Teachers - "Rock Dis Funky Joint"
Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
Rebel MC - "Black Meaning Good"
Rebel MC - "Culture"
Red Hot Lover Tone - "Da Gigolow"
Red Hot Lover Tone - "Wanna Make Moves"
Richie Rich - "Rockin' on the GoGo Scene"
Rumpletilskinz - "Hudz"
Run-DMC - "Not Just Another Groove"
Salt-N-Pepa ft E.U. - "Shake Your Thing"
Schoolly D - "Sometimes It's Got"
Shabaam Sahdeeq - "Soundclash"
Silk X Leather - "The Woman in Me"
Slick Rick - "Why, Why, Why"
Spoonie Gee - "Spoonie is Back"
Stetsasonic - "Uda Man"
Ten Tray - "I Convey!"
Terminator X - "Homey Don't Play Dat"
Terminator X - "Vendetta. . . the Big Getback"
The Gyrlz - "Jam Jam If You Can"
Trends of Culture - "Mad Flavor Mad Style"
Tupac ft Richie Rich - "Lie to Kick It"
Ultramagnetic MCs - "I Like Your Style"
UMC - "One to Grow On"
Wee Papa Girls - "You've Got the Beat"

Sly & the Family Stone - Sing a Simple Song (1969)
A Tribe Called Quest - "Jazz (We've Got)"
Aaron Hall - "Don't Be Afraid"
Adina Howard - "A Freak Like Me"
ADL - "Daddy"
Ahmad - "Can I Party?"
Akinyele - "Bags Packed"
Alanis Morissette - "Thank U"
Alexander O'Neal - "Love Makes No Sense"
Alkaholiks - "Make Room"
Another Bad Creation - "At the Playground"
Arrested Development - "Mr. Wendal"
Big Punisher ft Fat Joe - "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)"
Boss - "Drive By"
BT & Harmony - "Down 4 My Thing"
BWP - "Cotex"
BWP - "Shit Popper"
Chubb Rock - "Lost in the Storm"
College Boyz - "Underground Blues"
Compton's Most Wanted - "I Don't Dance"
Craig Mack - "That Y'all"
Cree Summer - "Miss Moon"
Cypress Hill - "Latin Lingo"
Da King & I - "Krak Da Weazel"
Da Lench Mob - "Buck tha Devil"
Das EFX - "Hard Like a Criminal"
Das EFX - "Mic Checka"
De la Soul - "Eye Know"
Del - "Worldwide"
Diamond D - "Check 1, 2"
Digital Underground - "Return of the Crazy One"
Digital Underground - "The Humpty Dance"
Digital Underground - "The Humpty Dance Awards"
Domino - "Getto Jam"
Domino - "Long Beach Thing"
Domino - "Sweet Potato Pie"
Dr. Dre - "Deep Cover"
E-40 - "Hide n Seek"
E-40 - "Nuttin' A-s Nigga"
Eazy-E - "Eazy-Duz-It"
Eazy-E - "It's On"
Ed OG - "Skinny Dip"
Erick Sermon - "Stay Real"
Fu-Schnickens - "Props"
Fu-Schnickens - "Sneekin' up on Ya"
Gold Money - "Nothin'"
Gorillaz - "192000"
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - "Kid Named Flash"
Group Home - "Supa Star"
Heather B - "All Glocks Down"
Ice Cube - "Gangsta's Fairy Tale 2"
Ice Cube - "Jackin' for Beats"
Ice Cube - "Really Doe"
Ice Cube - "Who's the Mack?"
Ice T - "Ricochet"
Insane Poetry - "How Ya Gonna Reason with a Psycho"
Jodeci - "You Got It"
Joe Public - "Live and Learn"
Jungle Brothers - "For the Heads at Company B"
Jungle Brothers - "J. Beez Comin' Through"
Jungle Brothers - "Simple As That"
KAM - "Ain't That a Bitch"
KAM - "Holiday Madness"
KAM - "Pull Your Hoe Card"
KAM - "Stereotype"
Kris Kross - "Can't Stop the Bumrush"
KRS-One - "Sound of da Police"
Lil' Shawn - "I Made Love (4 the Very First Time)"
LL Cool J - "How I'm Comin'"
LL Cool J - "Mama Said Knock You Out"
Lo-Key - "Attention: the Showanda Story"
Lords of the Underground - "Here Comes the Lords"
MadKap - "Check it Out"
Marky Mark - "You Gotta Believe"
Mary J. Blige - "Love is All We Need"
Me Phi Me - "Put Sho' Hands Together"
Mellow Man Ace - "Me La Pelas"
Michael Jackson - "They Don't Care about Us"
Monk & Canatella - "Rough Head"
Naughty by Nature - "Ready for Dem"
Oaktown 3-5-7 - "It's Not Your Money"
ODB - "Hippa to da Hoppa"
Papa Chuk - "Trunk of Funk"
Paris - "Check it out ch'all"
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Anger in the Nation"
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "For Pete's Sake"
Pharcyde - "I'm That Type of Nigga"
Public Enemy - "Brothers Gonna Work it Out"
Public Enemy - "Can't Truss It"
Public Enemy - "Get the Fuck out of Dodge"
Public Enemy - "Livin' in a Zoo"
Public Enemy - "Party for Your Right to Fight"
Queen Mother Rage - "Key Testimony"
Ra-Jahnee - "Turn it Up"
Redman - "Blow Your Mind"
Redman - "So Ruff"
Redman - "Time 4 Sum Aksion"
Rondo & Crazy Rak - "Bacon & Grits"
Rumpletilskinz - "Sweet Therapy"
Rumpletilskinz - "Theramixx"
Run-DMC - "In the House"
Sade - "Cherrish the Day"
Salt-N-Pepa - "Somma Time Man"
Scarface - "Your Ass Got Took"
Schoolly D - "Dis Groove is Bad"
ShowBiz & A.G. - "Represent"
Sir Mix-A-Lot - "The Jack Back"
Skoolbeats - "Sly"
Soul II Soul - "Nuff Love"
Spice Girls - "If U Can't Dance"
Stereo MCs - "The Other Side"
Stetsasonic - "It's in My Song"
Stezo - "Gets into His Move"
Terminator X - "Back to the Scene of the Crime"
TLC - "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"
TLC - "Hat 2 Da Back"
TLC - "What about Your Friends?"
Tupac - "Peep Game"
Tupac - "Souljah's Revenge"
Tupac - "Temptations"
Tupac - "Young Niggaz"
UTFO - "Rough and Rugged"
WC & the Maad Circle - "Behind Closed Doors"
West Street Mob - "Sing A Simple Song"
Wu-Tang Clan - "Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)"
X-Clan - "Funk Liberation"
Yo-Yo - "Mackstress"

James Brown - Funky Drummer (1970)
2 Live Crew - "Coolin'"
808 State - "Pacific 202"
A Tribe Called Quest - "Seperate / Together"
Above the Law - "Murder Rap"
Above the Law - "Untouchables"
Above the Law - "What Cha Can Prove"
Allison Williams - "Sleep Talk"
Awesome Dre - "Frankly Speaking"
Beastie Boys - "Shadrach"
Big Daddy Kane - "Mortal Combat"
Biz Markie - "Spring Again"
Black Rock & Ron - "Stop the World"
Breeze - "Great Big Freak"
BWP - "A Different Category"
Cash Money & Marvelous - "Drawers"
Choice MC - "Bad A-s Bitch"
Chubb Rock - "Bump the Floor"
Chubb Rock - "Talkin' Loud, Ain't Sayin' Jack"
Coldcut - "Say Kids, What Time is It?"
Compton's Most Wanted - "The Final Chapter"
Compton's Most Wanted - "Wanted"
Convicts - "I Like Boning"
CPO - "Flow to the Rhythm"
Criminal Nation - "I'm Rollin'"
Criminal Nation - "Insane"
Criminal Nation - "It's a Black Thing"
Criminal Nation - "The Right Crowd"
De la Soul - "Oodles of O's"
Deep Forest - "Deep Forest"
Depeche Mode - "My Joy"
Derek B - "Get Down"
Derek B - "Human Time Bomb"
Digable Planets - "Where I'm From"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "2 Damn Hype"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Hip Hop Dancer's Theme"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Jazzy's Groove"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Magnificent Jazzy Jeff"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Pump up the Bass"
DJ Mark the 45 King ft Lakim Shabazz - "When a Wise Man Speaks"
DJ Master T - "Wind Me Up"
DOC - "Let the Bass Go"
Domination - "Back at it Again"
Dr. Dre - "Let Me Ride"
Eazy-E - "We Want Eazy"
Enigma - "Carly's Song"
Eric B and Rakim - "Lyrics of Fury"
Eric B and Rakim - "Relax with Pep"
Father MC - "Ain't it Funky"
Fine Young Cannibals - "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be"
Freddie Foxx - "F. F. is Here"
Fresh 4 - "Wishing on a Star"
GangStarr - "2 Deep"
George Michael - "Waiting for That Day/You Can't Always Get. . ."
Geto Boys - "Mind of a Lunatic"
Geto Boys - "Read These Nikes"
Goats - "TV Cops"
Gus Gus - "Purple"
Guy - "I Like"
Hard Knocks - "A Blow to the Head"
Heavy D - "Peaceful Journey"
Heavy D - "We Got Our Own Thang"
Hi-C - "Take a Ride"
HWA - "Trick is a Trick"
Ice Cube - "Endangered Species"
Ice Cube - "Jackin' for Beats"
Ice T - "I Ain't New Ta This"
Ice T - "Original Gangster"
Ice T - "Radio Suckers"
James Brown - "She Looks All Types A' Good"
Jaz - "The Originators"
Kid 'N Play - "Foreplay"
Kid 'N Play - "Slippin'"
Kid Sensation - "Emergency"
King Sun - "King Sun with the Sword"
Kool G Rap - "It's a Demo"
Kool G Rap - "The Butcher Shop"
Kool Moe Dee - "Bad, Bad, Bad"
Kool Moe Dee - "I'm Blowing Up"
Kool Moe Dee - "Knowledge is King"
Korn & the Dust Brothers - "Kick the P.A."
Kris Kross - "Jump"
Kris Kross - "Lil' Boys in Da Hood"
Kwame - "The Rhythm"
Lakim Shabazz - "Black is Back"
Leaders of the New School - "Sobb Story"
Leaders of the New School - "Teachers, Don't Teach Us Nonsense"
LL Cool J - "Boomin' System"
LL Cool J - "Fast Peg"
LL Cool J - "Mama Said Knock You Out"
LL Cool J - "Nitro"
LL Cool J - "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
Low Profile - "Make Room for the Dub.B.U."
Maestro Fresh Wes - "Let Your Backbone Slide"
Mantronix - "Fresh is the Word"
Mantronix ft Wondress - "Got to Have Your Love"
Marky Mark - "Good Vibrations"
Masters at Work - "Jus' a Lil' Dope"
MC Lyte - "Brooklyn"
MC Shan - "So Def"
MC Shan - "So Fresh"
MC Smooth - "Blow the Whistle"
Mellow Man Ace - "Hypest from Cypress"
Mellow Man Ace - "River Cubano"
Michel'le - "No More Lies"
Michie Mee - "Jamaican Funk Canadian Style"
Ministere Amer - "Traitres"
Mistress & DJ Madame E - "Hypergroove"
Mistress & DJ Madame E - "Show 'em How We Play"
MMG - "Only the Strong Survive"
Mobb Deep - "Flavor for the Non-Believes"
Nas - "Get Down"
Naughty by Nature - "Hot Potato"
Naughty by Nature - "Ready for Dem"
New Order - "Ruined in a Day"
Nikki D - "Freak Accident"
Nikki D - "Gotta up the Ante for the Panties"
Nine Inch Nails - "Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)"
No Face - "Half"
NWA - "Fuck tha Police"
NWA - "Quiet on tha Set"
P-Funk All Stars - "Dope Dogs"
Paperboy - "The Nine Yards"
Paris - "I Call Him Mad"
Paris - "On the Prowl"
Paris - "The Devil Made Me Do It"
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Go with the Flow"
Pharcyde - "Officer"
Prince - "Gangster Glam"
Prince - "Gett Off"
Prince - "My Name is Prince"
Prince Johnny C - "Comin' to Get Ya"
Prince Johnny C - "Kevey Kev is a Dancer with Soul"
Public Enemy - "Bring the Noise"
Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
Public Enemy - "Hazy Shade of Criminal"
Public Enemy - "Rebel Without a Pause"
Public Enemy - "She Watch Channel Zero"
Public Enemy - "Terminator X to the Edge of Panic"
Public Enemy - "The Enemy Assault Vehicle Mixx"
Queen - "We Are the Champions"
Redman - "Rated R"
Roxanne Shante - "Have a Nice Day"
Run-DMC - "Back from Hell"
Run-DMC - "Beats to the Rhyme"
Run-DMC - "Run's House"
Run-DMC - "Word is Born"
Salt-N-Pepa - "Let the Rhythm Run"
Scarface - "Born Killer"
Sinead O'Connor - "I Am Stretched on Your Grave"
Sir Mix-A-Lot - "No Holds Barred"
Slayer & Atari Teenage Riot - "No Remorse (I Wanna Die)"
Slick Rick - "The Moment I Feared"
Smooth Ice - "I'm Coming"
Smooth Ice - "Without a Pause"
Sons of Bazerk - "One Time for the Rebel"
South Central Cartel - "Neighborhood Jacka"
Stetsasonic - "DBC Let the Music Play"
Stetsasonic - "Sally"
Stetsasonic - "Speaking of a Girl Named Suzy"
Stetsasonic - "The Hip Hop Band"
Stop the Violence Movement - "Self-Destruction"
Style - "Victim to the Vinyl"
Sublime - "Scarlet Begonias"
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - "Do the James"
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - "Let the Drummer Get Ill"
Sweet T - "My Beat"
Tim Dog - "Goin Wild in the Penile"
Tim Dog - "Low Down Nigga"
TLC - "Shock Dat Monkey"
True Mathematics - "For the Lover in You"
Tung Twista - "No Peace Sign"
Tupac ft Richie Rich - "Lie to Kick It"
Ultramagnetic MCs - "Give the Drummer Some"
Ultramagnetic MCs - "Moe Love on the One & Two"
Vanilla Ice - "Stop That Train"
Wagon Christ - "Filthy Drummer"
WC & the Maad Circle - "Ghetto Serenade"
Yomo & Maulkie - "Mockingbird"
YZ - "Return of the Holy One"
Z-Trip - "Rockstar"
Z-Trip - "Rockstar 2"