Hip Hop Samples
This Brazilian song from 1962 called “Serenata de Adeus” was flipped by 21 Savage to create this hit.
What is “redrum”?
This saxophonist pioneered the smooth jazz subgenre and is the namesake of the school that you currently attend.
Who is Grover Washington Jr?
BTS, NewJeans and BLACKPINK have been at the forefront of this genre of pop music from South Korea (which unfortunately is not Best Korea, according to Donta).
What is K-Pop?
This was the name of the song by Future featuring Kendrick Lamar’s first shots in the beef, claiming “it’s not a big three, it’s just big me,” and comparing him and Drake to Prince and Michael Jackson, respectively.
What is “Like That”?
“Cliffs of Dover” - Eric Johnson
What is Guitar?
This Bootsy Collins groove from “I’d Rather Be With You” laid the foundation for this Childish Gambino hit from 2016, which seemingly everybody in my entering class of college’s Facebook group cited as their favorite song at the time.
What is “Redbone”?
This rapper is famous for hits like “Dreams and Nightmares” and “Ima Boss (feat. Rick Ross)”.
Who is Meek Mill?
This style of music from Jamaica launched the careers of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, among others, to a worldwide audience.
What is Reggae?
Producer Metro Boomin sampled an AI-Generated song created by comedian King Willonius parodying 70s R&B to create this “disstrumental” track, which launched a freestyle contest where the winner would receive a free beat from Metro.
What is BBL Drizzy?
“M’s Heart” - Geri Allen
What is Piano?
Monk Higgins’ “I Believe to My Soul” was flipped by DJ Mustard to provide the beat for this diss track.
What is “Not Like Us”?
This singer from Quakertown finished third in the 2009 “The Next Hannah Montana” singing sweepstakes and released her most recent single “Espresso” at this year’s Coachella festival.
Who is Sabrina Carpenter?
This musical style from Mexico consists of guitars, trumpets and vocals, and has a reputation for being performed in the New York City subways.
What is Mariachi?
The estate of this West Coast rapper filed a cease and desist against Drake for using their AI voice without their family’s consent in “Taylor Made Freestyle”.
Who is Tupac Shakur?
“Portrait of Tracy” - Jaco Pastorius
What is Bass Guitar?
The jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal is one of the most sampled artists in history, but this snippet from his rendition of “I Love Music” ended up being probably the most famous sample of his music, landing on this Nas song.
What is “The World Is Yours”?
This multi-instrumentalist from Upper Darby inspired countless bedroom pop artists with his 1973 album A Wizard/A True Star and was one of the first artists to advertise their music on the internet.
Who is Todd Rundgren?
This style of music from Nigeria combines elements of jazz, funk, and Ghanaian Highlife music, with Fela Kuti being the most famous musician from this genre.
What is Afrobeat?
In “Meet the Grahams”, Kendrick alleges that Drake has a daughter who he’s been hiding from the public eye, much like how Pusha T exposed the existence of Drake’s son Adonis in “The Story of Adidon”. How old is the daughter that Drake has allegedly been hiding?
What is 11 Years Old?
“Tenderly” - Eric Dolphy
What is Alto Saxophone?
Average White Band’s “Love Your Life” got flipped by A Tribe Called Quest’s DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad for this hit from their 1991 classic The Low End Theory.
What is “Check the Rhime”?
This is the name of my band.
What is POSTERGIRL?
This style of music from Brazil has a name which means “new wave” in Portuguese, popularized by the 1964 album Getz/Gilberto featuring the American jazz musician Stan Getz performing with Brazilian musicians such as Antônio Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto.
What is Bossa Nova?
In 2009, Drake was robbed and got his chains stolen outside of this restaurant in Toronto’s Chinatown, where Kendrick claims to be “eating fried rice with the dip sauce and a blammy, crodie” and Drake filmed a portion of the music video to “Family Matters”.
What is New Ho King?
“Sonata No. 1 in G Minor” - J.S. Bach (Performed by Hilary Hahn)
What is Violin?