The sample work, it’s like a proto-“you don’t know me”. But that break samples itself so …

• Carrie Lucas – Dance With You
• JohNick (Johnny D and Nicky P) – The Captain
• Armand Van Helden – You Don’t Know Me (feat. Duane Harden)

Pitbull often picks great samples but I don’t understand why he uses samples at all: by the time his song is produced it sounds the same as all the other crap on the radio; whatever magic the sample added has been lost. If they won’t respect the context, or the sonics, or the production of the original song, why use it? It’s not even effective to capitalize off nostalgia because his audience (teenagers staring at phones) doesn’t know the original. Pitbull and his team could be just as rich and famous and sound the same just producing from scratch … I mean compare Steve Silk Hurley’s production to the other one—silk vs. sandpaper.

• Jomanda – Got A Love For You (Hurleys Club Extended Mix)
• Pitbull feat. Jennifer Lopez – Sexy Body

Thank you Marley Marl

• Fonda Rae – Over Like A Fat Rat
• James Brown – Funky President
• The Honeydrippers – Impeach the President
• The Mohawks – The Champ
• James Brown – Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved
• Mountain – Long Red (Live at Woodstock)
• Eric B. & Rakim – Eric B. Is President
• Marley Marl – Classic Recipes (Recreating Eric B. & Rakim ‘Eric B. Is President’ w/ Akai MPC)

Thank you Blacksmith

• Tina Moore – Never Gonna Let you Go (Blacksmith Remix)

• Bonus Track: Kraak & Smaak – My Mind’s Made Up (feat. Berenice)

I never thought it could happen, this rapping stuff;
I was too used to packing gats and stuff …

• Mtume – Juicy Fruit (Fruity Instrumental Mix)
• The Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy