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1. The song "Hotstepper" provided a one-hit wonder for Ini Kamoze. He sampled this beat from a song called "Heartbeat", sang by which disco-era singer?
2. Although the beat was sampled, we loved Jay-Z's "Sunshine" which featured vocals by Babyface and an appearance by Foxy Brown. From which eighties rap group did the beat for the song originally come?
3. For the movie "The Player's Club", Master P and Ice Cube sampled the eighties rap song "I'm a Ho." Who was this by?
4. Although it has become overused, one of DeBarge's beats in particular has proven to be very longlasting. It has been used by Ashanti ("Foolish") and the Notorious B.I.G ("One More Chance"). What is the title of this song?
5. Mary J. Blige sampled Elton John's "Bennie and the Jetts".
6. J Lo has done more than her fair share of sampling. Along with LL Cool J, she made a song in which she sang "All my love is all I have..." Who originally sang this?
7. Who initially made the love ballad "If This World Were Mine?"
8. This one's basically a freebie: Who sang the original version of "I Will Always Love You?"
9. For the remix of his song "Nasty Boy," which eighties rap song did Notorious B.I.G borrow the beat from?
10. From which singer did LL Cool J sample the beat from his hit "Doin' It?"
11. G-unit has a song out entitled "Wanna Get to Know You." From which artist did they get this sample?
12. Speaking of Marvin Gaye, since he is one of my favorite artists, who of the following has NOT remade or sampled one of his songs?
13. The late great Aaliyah remade a song named "At Your Best (You Are Love)". Which powerful R & B group originally made this song?
14. D'Angelo remade the song "Cruisin". Which R & B powerhouse originally sang this song?
15. Which Mariah Carey song sampled the beat from "Genius of Love?"
16. Which Mariah Carey song included a sample of the eighties rap song "Body Rock?"
17. Where did Will Smith sample the beat for his song "Gettin' Jiggy With It?"
18. Beyonce's song "Naughty Girl" contains a sample of a song by which disco queen?
19. Warren G sampled an Isley Brothers song.
20. Foxy Brown, in her earlier days, made a song that featured Total and was entitled "I Can't." In it was a sample from a popular eighties duo/group. Do you know who?
21. The R & B group total did a song entitled "Kissin' You." A remix was done for the song, and a beat was sampled from an old school R & B group. The song from which the beat was sampled was entitled "Oh Honey." Which R & B group sang "Oh Honey?"
22. For the highly successful rap album "The Chronic" Dr. Dre sampled the Parliament on the song "Let Me Ride." From which Parliament song did the sample come?
23. What was the name of the song sampled in the Bad Boy Hit "Mo Money, Mo Problems" by Mase, Biggie, and Puffy?
24. The song "It Was a Good Day" by Ice Cube was very successful. What was the name of the song from which he got the beat?
25. R & B recording artist Case made a song that appeared on the soundtrack to Eddie Murphy's Nutty Professor. The song was "Touch Me, Tease Me." Do you know which New Wave eighties group the beat for the song was sampled from?
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