Kon + Amir Present: The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Samples Of All Time
By Complex Magazine | May 7, 2010 | 5:45 pm | Permalink
letoffacouple.mp3
Love And Happiness
Artist: Monty Alexander
Released: 1974
Sampled On…:
The Beatnuts "Let off A Couple" (1994)
(Produced By The Beatnuts)
Monty Alexander
Kon Says: Amazing cover version of the Al Green song, taking things in a different direction. The Beatnuts used that for a loop on Street Level, straight up—they didn’t put drums over it, nothing. Monty Alexander is a piano player from Jamaica. Another great example of what a cover should be.
Amir Says: On that same album Rass!, Large Professor used another song. That album became an in-demand record that's never really seen but people are looking for. The Beatnuts and Large Professor used it. Huge hip hop joints were made off of that album.
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!