We've been enjoying listening to Kanye's My Beautiful Dark  Twisted Fantasy a few times a day and its always nice to mix in the original samples and think about how the new songs came to be. I started to compile them but then I found it had already been done, ...

After giving Erykah Badu's new album a few days of constant rotation, we definitley need to shout out the production team! She picked some very groovy and soulful beats, the majority with samples but some of the gems are the from the few where the producers DIDN'T sample - especially ...

Here's a partial playlist of the samples & originals used and/or referenced (even includes some of his adlibs) on Mos Def's new album "The Ecstatic" The Ecstatic Samples compiled by FROLAB - click to visit the imeem page to hear songs in their entirety - Detailed list after the jump... 01. Supermagic ...

R.I.P. Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997) Here a few Biggie mixes from the last year you may or may not have in your collections... Just released today: DJ Drama x Cookin Soul's Notorious B.I.G tribute zip download . Mick Boogie presents "Unbelievable" (A Tribute To Biggie) megaupload . Mixtape Marvel ...