Comments on: At this point I may just be imagining it...

Question: At this point I may just be imagining it...

menace303 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:05:57 -0800

Name That Song: I could have *sworn* that the Staple Singers "Lets do it again" was sampled by someone in Hip Hop a while ago. I'm talking about the string part that starts about 1:50 in this video. I can't for the life of me find it! Any Ideas?

By: sektah

sektah — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:52:21 -0800

Awww yeah, that's been sampled, more than once! The song that originally jumped to my mind was a remix of Ice Cube's "It Was A Good Day" that appeared on the single release back in 1991 or so, but you're probably thinking of something a little later. Here's that particular one I'm talking about.

According to The Breaks, it was also used for Blackgirl's "Let's Do It Again" and Disturbing that Peace's "Let's Do It Again" (astoundinginly original song titling there).

Whilst not really being hip-hop, John Legend's "Number One" also sampled it. I'm sure there's a bunch of others that have taken it too ; it's a gorgeous song perfectly suited for chopping up and playing around with!

By: cashman

cashman — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:58:47 -0800

Ice Cube - It was a good day. Also, appending #t=1m50s to the end of the youtube url makes it start playing right around then.

By: alice ayres

alice ayres — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:27:07 -0800

i'm at work and can't hear any videos/clips. i came in to say what sektah said. i was sure it was a song by ludacris/dtp called let's do it again.

By: box

box — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:27:15 -0800

That Cube remix also appears on the Bootlegs and B-Sides compilation. And, like 'Paid in Full,' it's one of those where the remix is probably more famous than the original.

By: sektah

sektah — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:38:47 -0800

alice ayres, I found the Ludacris / DTP song you're talking about - it's a remix of Growing Pains, and yep, it's also got the sample.

By: cashman

cashman — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:15:24 -0800

I must be blind. Sektah had already nailed it.