This was my last week before winter break, so I won’t have any more shows until 2010. This week I had the original songs that had been sampled. At first I wanted to do all Will Smith songs, but that didn’t work out because there wasn’t enough there. Here are the songs listed as original then the song/artist that sampled them.
And the Beat Goes On – The Whispers / Miami – Will Smith
He’s the Greatest Dancer – Sister Sledge / Gettin’ Jiggy With It – Will Smith
Forget Me Nots – Patrice Ruschen / Men In Black – Will Smith
Rock the Casbah – The Clash / Will 2K – Will Smith
I Wish – Stevie Wonder / Wild Wild West – Will Smith
I’m Coming Out – Diana Ross / Mo Money Mo Problems – Notorious B.I.G. feat Puff Daddy and Mase
West Coast Poplock – Ronnie Hudson / California Love – 2Pac
Woman to Woman – Joe Cocker / California Love – 2Pac
Before the Night is Over – Joe Simon / So Fresh So Clean – OutKast
Think (About It) – Lyn Collins / It Takes Two – Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
Harlem Shuffle – Bob & Earl / Jump Around – House of Pain
Trip to Your Heart – Sly & The Family Stone / Mama Said Knock You Out – LL Cool J
I Will – John Holt / Encore – Jay-Z
Chase the Devil – Max Romeo & The Upsetters / Lucifer – Jay-Z
(You) Got What I Need – Freddie Scott / Just a Friend – Biz Markie
Hard Times – Baby Huey / Buck 50 – Ghostface Killah and Dragon – Biz Markie
Grandma’s Hands – Bill Withers / No Diggity – Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre
Cola Bottle Baby – Edwin Birdsong / Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger – Daft Punk
One Step Ahead – Aretha Franklin / Miss Fat Booty – Mos Def
Here Comes the Meter Man – The Meters / Long Live the Kane – Big Daddy Kane
Express Yourself – Charles Wright / Express Yourself – N.W.A.
Pastime Paradise – Stevie Wonder / Gangster’s Paradise – Coolio
Bring Down the Birds – Herbie Hancock / Groove Is In The Heart – Dee Lite
Zilch – The Monkees / Mistadobalina – Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Into My Own Thing – Sly & The Family Stone / Weapon of Choice – Fatboy Slim
Holy Thursday – David Axelrod / Dr. Carter – Lil Wayne
Thanks for listening and I’ll be back in January.
DJ Matthias Brown