9 Times Michael Jackson Was Sampled In Hip-Hop

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Today would have been Michael Jackson’s 60th birthday. Throughout his career, he gave us countless memorable songs, innovative music videos, and badass dance moves. He's one of the most influential musical artists of the 21st century, so it's no surprise that his music is often sampled. To celebrate his day, let’s look back at nine tracks where Michael’s songs were sampled in hip-hop. 

PYT (Pretty Young Thing) 
On Kanye West’s third album Graduation, he sampled "PYT" on the pop hit “Good Life” that features T-Pain. 

Best of Kanye West: https://goo.gl/2FXUVW Subscribe here: https://goo.gl/AgJE59 Music video by Kanye West performing Good Life. (C) 2007 Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC

P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), a song by Michael Jackson on Spotify

Human Nature
Nas went big by sampling Mike’s “Human Nature” on his second single “It Ain’t Hard to Tell” from his debut album, Illmatic

Nas' official music video for 'It Ain't Hard To Tell'. Click to listen to Nas on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/NasSpotify?IQid=NasIAH2 As featured on Greatest Hits.

Human Nature, a song by Michael Jackson on Spotify

The Lady in My Life
Lady Love Cool J, especially when he gets romantic as he did on the track “Hey Lover,” which samples the ballad "The Lady in My Life." 

Best of LLCoolJ: https://goo.gl/eTijaj Subscribe here: https://goo.gl/TD6AA9 Music video by LL Cool J performing Hey Lover. (C) 1995 LL Cool J

The Lady in My Life, a song by Michael Jackson on Spotify

I Can’t Help It
"Breakadawn" from the 90’s hip-hop group De La Soul samples “I Can’t Help It” throughout most of the track 

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Fast forward to 15 years later, Brooklyn rapper Fabolous sampled “I Can’t Help It” on his sentimental track “Baby.” 

Music video by Fabolous performing Baby Featuring Mike Shorey With John Jackson & Mike Shorey (C) 2004 Street Family Records

I Can't Help It, a song by Michael Jackson on Spotify


Liberian Girl
Although Tupac never had a kid before his untimely death, he wrote the song “Letter 2 My Unborn Child,” is fictitious. The song sampled Jackson’s “Liberian Girl.”

Album:Until The End Of Time Disk 1 Song"Letter To My UnBorn" By:Tupac A. Shakur Tha Song And Tha Pic

Liberian Girl - 2012 Remastered Version, a song by Michael Jackson on Spotify

Earth Song
Cleveland's Bone Thug N Harmony sampled the socially conscious track “Earth Song” on “What Have We Done” where they rap about the destruction of the planet. 

DOWNLOAD LINK: http://rapidshare.com/files/326671305/What_Have_We_Done.zip.html "What Have We Done?" is a song by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, that features the legend Michael Jackon. The song is from Bone Thugs' new mixtape called: The Fixtape vol. 3: Special Delivery That you can download for free at www.BTNHBoard.com Cover is not official. It was fan made by me, OPAZO!

Earth Song, a song by Michael Jackson on Spotify


I Want You Back
Produced by megafan Kanye West, he uses The Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” on Jay Z’s “Izzo (H.O.V.A)" where he raps about his early career, growing up in Marcy Houses and his struggles in the recording industry. 

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I Want You Back, a song by The Jackson 5 on Spotify

It’s Great To Be Here
One of the Jackson 5’s deep cuts “It’s Great to Be Here” is widely sampled by many hip-hop artists from Diddy to Mariah to Wiz Khalifa. You might remember the sample during Notorious BIG’s verse in “It’s All About the Benjamins.”

Music video by Puff Daddy performing It's All About the Benjamins. Off the album No Way Out. © 1997 Bad Boy As featured on DJ Xclusive City's top-ranked podcast. Click to listen to DJ Xclusive City's podcast: iTunes: http://smarturl.it/XclusiveCityPodcast Google Play: http://smarturl.it/GooglePlayPodcast More from DJ Xclusive City: Ya Mean: https://youtu.be/nCrZJEovi2w Bounce & Lean: https://youtu.be/Mj8bC4skSG4 More great classic hip hop videos here: http://smarturl.it/ClassicHipHop?IQid...

It's Great To Be Here, a song by The Jackson 5 on Spotify