Kon + Amir Present: The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Samples Of All Time
By Complex Magazine | May 7, 2010 | 5:45 pm | Permalink
90% of Me is You
Artist: Gwen McCrae
Released: 1975
Sampled On…:
Main Source "Just Hangin' Out" (1990)
(Produced By Large Professor)
Gwen McCrae
Kon Says: Classic, crazy record, Miami soul. Haunting. From the wah-wah guitar to the string, which was used for Main Source "Just Hangin’ Out." Then also there is another version by Vanessa Kendricks that had completely different arrangements. You can kind of grab things in a different way if you were to sample it, and that’s the rarer of the two. Same label same guy, Henry Stone owns all of it. But anyone who knows anything about hip-hop would know that record if you drop it.
Amir Says: Gwen McCrae had some disco hits in the late ’70s, early ’80s, but unless you were a hardcore soul collector, you wouldn't know who she was. A lot of hip hop producers didn't know her until Large Professor put them onto her.
May 13th, 2010 at 11:12 AM
I wanna be a muthafuckin' hustla!
jerzey beast May 13th, 2010 at 11:24 AM
yes!!! Beautiful groove
Dope Since 83 May 13th, 2010 at 11:24 AM
uhhhhhhh Between the Sheets, Ashley's Roachclip ??? those might be top5 most sampled joints ever. Also numbers 30 and 44 dont show for me so if thats those than i apologize
KRMNL May 13th, 2010 at 11:31 AM
That's not the right record
Universal Em May 13th, 2010 at 11:41 AM
This has a sunday afternoon written all over it...or a weekday playing hookie.
May 13th, 2010 at 11:46 AM
LAME - a quarter of this list should be bob james....get ur head out of your ass
t ussery May 13th, 2010 at 12:15 PM
I heard this beat on a video game just dont know where I want to comic zone or something
ok21 May 13th, 2010 at 12:48 PM
also used on Common's Stolen Moments Pt. 1
Wax May 13th, 2010 at 12:59 PM
Hi Dudes! Props to you, but there's an mistake, an huge sorry.... the guy behind Placebo, his name is Marc Moulin, and not Mock Mouland....please! Peace!
Paul May 13th, 2010 at 01:01 PM
Also used by the Bomb Squad again on 'Night of the Living Baseheads'. I reckon the Isleys were first with this. JB had a bit of a rep for nicking other people's instrumentals. And replacing a vocal with horn lines seems more likely than the reverse.
trena steward October 1st, 2011 at 05:18 PM
Bumpin Bus Stop is Hot!