I used to try to produce beats on Fruity Loops back in my high school days (obviously it got me no where), and sampling classic’s was always something I wanted to learn how to do. The Late Great J Dilla was an expert on sampling beats to create his own dope beats. I am a big time Slum Village fan, and I always wanted to find out where he sampled all those beats from. Some of them are oldies, but I discovered a couple hip-hop beats he sampled like Mood (Hi-Tek) for one of my favorite SV tracks, “Climax”. I went on to discover where he found many of his samples, and it kept getting more and more amazing. I recently downloaded this “SV: The Originals (Fantastic Vol. 2)” mix, which opened my eyes to even more. As most of you know, J Dilla did more then produce for Slum Village. So I discovered this page with a list of many of the samples he used and a download link to each one. It’s interesting to see where he found everything and how he made it his own.
My favorites?
“Just Because I Really Love You” by Jerry Butler
*Sampled in “U-Love”
*Download

*”Clair” by Singers Unlimited -Used in “Players”-Slum Village

Also, there is this new digipack with “a continuous mix of funk & soul as sampled by J DILLA”. So this isn’t a mix by J DILLA, but rather a mix of tracks that J DILLA has sampled and used. A dope blend of 23 old soul ballads & funk tracks with some offbeat drop ins and scratches. You can listed to this dope mix HERE or buy it HERE