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Some old ones that this post reminds me of was the Trainspotting beat Von Pea did for Che Grand, I feel like it impressed me more because all of 9ths throwaway beats for Jay for the Black Album were out there and he used the same sample on one that seemed predictable and plain in comparison (9th obv has tons of other stuff).
I really liked what TM did on Ode to Tanya, I can't remember if it was a Von beat or Brickbeats, and I still don't know the actual sample except that they gave out randomly tagged mp3s of them all, but there were a lot of clever things you realize once you hear it, like the way they sing 'Tanya Morgan' in the chorus is taking notes from the sample.
I still don't think I can tell/hear how Hi-Tek sampled Nina Simone on 'For Women', but apparently he did.
It's funny, everyone always talks about Dilla's Players, but after hearing the sample, I feel like I can hear it saying Claire in SV song. But it always makes me think of Ghostface's 'Holla', cuz somehow it makes me think the Stylistics were actually singing Holla and not La La.