Kon + Amir Present: The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Samples Of All Time
By Complex Magazine | May 7, 2010 | 5:45 pm | Permalink
Impeach The President
Artist: The Honey Drippers
Released: 1973
Sampled On…:
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud "Do the James" (1987)
(Produced By Super Lover Cee & Cassanova Rud and Paul C.)
The Honey Drippers
Amir Says: Classic, classic drum break. I'm sure The Honeydrippers didn't make it to be like that, but it just so happened that some hip-hop cats were like, "This is ill, I need to be able to use it." In the late ’80s, every song had either James Brown, "Impeach The President", or Melvin Bliss "Synthetic Substitution," then after that the Skull Snaps.
Kon Says: Another classic break that has been sampled a million times. I think to this day, the best use of that break has to be "Do the James" by Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud, produced by Paul C who was tragically shot and killed back in the day. He's the guy who kinda taught Large Professor and a lot of the Queens guys how to get busy in the studio. A crazy break.
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!