Soul & R&B Flips

Bink! Flips Otis Redding’s Soul Masterpiece Into a Hip-Hop Crown Jewel

Discover how producer Bink! flipped Otis Redding's Try a Little Tenderness into Otis by Jay-Z & Kanye West, a soul sample masterclass.
Jazz Flips

Kanye Digs Deep: How Joe Farrell’s Jazz Gem Became Chi-City

How Kanye West flipped Joe Farrell's Upon This Rock for Common's Chi-City — a masterclass in Chicago jazz sampling from the mid-2000s.
Funk & Groove Breaks

The Break That Built a Generation: Erick Sermon and the Skull Snaps Drum

How Erick Sermon flipped Skull Snaps’ It’s a New Day into Hittin’ Switches in 1993 — one of hip-hop’s most sampled drum breaks put to work.
Rare Groove & Library

How Havoc Turned a Hip-Hop Classic Into Queensbridge’s Coldest Anthem

Discover how Alchemist flipped Cymande's rare groove classic Bra to craft Mobb Deep's haunting Quiet Storm Remix in 2000. Pure crate digging mastery.
Jazz Flips

Large Professor Flips Ahmad Jamal’s Dolphin Dance Into Pure Street Jazz

How Large Professor flipped Ahmad Jamal Trio's Dolphin Dance into Big Willie — a masterclass in jazz-infused hip-hop sampling from the early 1990s.
Soul & R&B Flips

Burning Bright: How Kanye West Turned Chaka Khan’s Fire Into Something Unbreakable

JANOME BEATS reconstructs a beat inspired by Kanye West's use of Chaka Khan — soul sampling Renaissance.