Brand Nubian - One For All Original Samples

One of the main reasons I started this blog was to show my love and appreciation for crate-digging. One of my favorite things about hip-hop music has always been figuring out, and keeping track of, which artists and songs are frequently sampled. I love the range of music and different influences that can be found on any particular album, and it goes to show just how creative hip-hop music really is. I've never viewed sampling as stealing music from others. Rather, I view it as one being inspired by another's work; taking something that already exists and reinterpreting it. Brand Nubian's One For All is a great example of the many different musical styles that might influence the sound of a particular album--ranging from James Brown to Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians.

One For All is one of hip-hop's most important and influential albums. Here, Grand Puba, Sadat X, and Lord Jamar didn't simply deliver battle-raps and braggadocio rhymes. Instead, they turned their attention to black unity and social consciousness, and their message and sound helped influence the "Native Tongue-style" sound that so many artists would try to duplicate in the '90s. I've been working long and hard to find these tracks and now I'm happy to say, Brand Nubian, One For All Original Samples is finally complete. I hope you enjoy it.

Brand Nubian - One For All, Original Samples Vol. 1

All For One - James Brown; sampled on "All for One"
Can Mind - James Brown; sampled on "All for One"
Sing a Happy Song - War; sampled on "Feels so Good"
Niggers are Afraid of Revolution - The Last Poets; sampled on "Concerto in X Minor"
When the Revolution Comes - The Last Poets; sampled on "Concerto in X Minor"
Time - The Last Poets; sampled on "Concerto in X Minor"
Walk Tall - Cannonball Adderley; sampled on "Concerto in X Minor"
Tommy's Groove - Gap Band; sampled on "Ragtime"
Funky President - James Brown; sampled on "To the Right" and "All for One"
Bad Tune - Earth, Wind, and Fire; sampled on "Dance to My Ministry"
Jungle Jazz - Kool and the Gang; sampled on "Drop the Bomb"
Another Day - Ray, Goodman & Brown; sampled on "Wake Up"
Tanga Boo Gonk - Nite-Liters; sampled on "Wake Up"
Everybody Loves the Sunshine - Roy Ayers; sampled on "Wake Up"

Brand Nubian - One For All, Original Samples Vol. 2

Tramp - Lowell Fulson; sampled on "Step to the Rear" and "All for One"
Plantation Inn - Mar-Keys; sampled on "Step to the Rear"
Oh Babe - Cannonball Adderley; sampled on "Step to the Rear"
Let's Take it to the Stage - Funkadelic; sampled on "Slow Down"
Kool It (Here Come the Fuzz) - Kool and the Gang; sampled on "Slow Down"
N.T. - Kool and the Gang; sampled on "Slow Down"
What I Am - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians; sampled on "Slow Down"
Different Strokes - Syl Johnson; sampled on "Try To Do Me"
Popcorn with Feeling - James Brown; sampled on "Who can get Busy like this Man"
Nobody Can Be You - Steve Arrington; sampled on "Grand Puba, Positive, and LG"
Rigor Mortis - Cameo; sampled on "Brand Nubian"
Slide - Slave; sampled on "Brand Nubian"
Rosita - J.J. Johnson; sampled on "Brand Nubian"
Flashlight - Parliament; sampled on "Wake Up (Reprise)"
Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud) - James Brown; sampled on "Dedication"