Keeping it real, the Michael McDonald tune is funkier.

• Michael McDonald – I Keep Forgetting
• Warren G – Regulate

Fiend [verb]: to have a need so consuming that it will cause someone to commit fiendish acts in order to satisfy that need—as a “dope fiend” would for drugs

Sample usage:

> I'm fiending for a bass line, man!
>> Calm down, I got some Funk right here"
> It's not enough, I need something stronger
>> Hold on, I got some House

• Teddy Pendergrass – You Can’t Hide From Yourself
• DJ Sneak – U Can’t Hide From Your Bud

Why you gaming with me?

• Steely Dan – The Fez
• Armand Van Helden – Chocolate Covered Cherry

• Pino D’Angio – Ma Quale Idea
• The Jasper Street Company – A Feeling
• Deaf’N Dumb Crew – Nevertheless Funky

• Eumir Deodato – Whistle Bump
• Moodymann – Forevernevermore

Bassline, e.g.:

• Taana Gardner – Heartbeat
• De La Soul – Buddy (Remix) [feat. The Jungle Brothers, Monie Love, Queen Latifah & Q Tip]
• Ini Kamoze – Here Comes The Hotstepper
• DMX – It’s All Good

@ 1:54

• David Shire – Straight Time
• High Contrast – Twilight’s Last Gleaming

Say whatever you want but this is a good sample, and this is better than 99% of “Rap” in this day and age. At least he rhymes instead of just slurring about drugs …

• Queen and David Bowie – Under Pressure
• Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby

Take heed ’cause I’m a lyrical poet!
Miami’s on the scene, just in case you didn’t know it …

Your grind and my grind ain’t the same, dog;
I’m the catalog, you’re the same song.

• Kool & The Gang – Open Sesame (Groove With The Genie)
• Mos Def – Close Edge

Some ol’ gangsta shit

• Ohio Players – Funky Worm
• Snoop Dogg – Serial Killa

• Mighty Show Stoppers – Hippy Skippy Moon Strut
• Christina Aguilera – Ain’t No Other Man

• Coolio – 1234 (Sumpin’ New)
• The Evasions – Wikka Wrap
• Tom Browne – Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)

This Evasions tune is a sample platter in its own right.

• Central Line – Walking Into Sunshine
• LL Cool J – DefJam In The Motherland

• Jimmy Hendrix & Curtis Knight – Happy Birthday
• Beastie Boys – Jimmy James

• Bob James – Nautilus
• RUN DMC – Beats To The Rhyme

• Flaming Ember – Gotta Get Away
• Wildchild – The Wonder Years

“We held the track back for ages to give people the chance to clear that (Stardust) from their heads. Pete was constantly playing it in his own DJ sets and every house DJ in the world was chasing us for a copy, we knew it was going to be massive … It’s one of those tracks that sound unique and like loads of records you already love all at the same time.” — Terry Farley

• Pete Heller – Big Love
• Stargard – Wear It Out

I’ve been saving my loving, and you know I know how to whip it out on you.

• Electric Light Orchestra – Evil Woman
• Daft Punk – Face To Face

• Locksmith – Far Beyond
• Basement Jaxx – Red Alert

This is probably the best production I’ve heard for a Latin American Hip-Hop act.

• Shuggie Otis’s – Aht Uh Mi Hed
• Tiro De Gracia’s – Sueños