Miles Davis Electric Band’s longtime percussionist James Mtume released a hit 1983 single “Juicy Fruit”, which became the foundation & chorus for rapper Notorious B.I.G’s smash hit “Juicy”.Read more
The opening to the only album rapper Notorious B.I.G. released in his lifetime, 1994’s “Ready to Die”, was a scene depicting his birth — to the music of Curtis Mayfield’s “Superfly”.Read more
One of the most sampled albums of all time, Isaac Hayes’ album Hot Buttered Soul has been sampled by Public Enemy, Beyoncé, Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, The Jackson Five, Ludacris, Cypress Hill & dozens of others.Read more
