Golden Age Thursday Samples: Keni Burke's "Risin' to the Top" (1982) Becomes Hip-hop Staple Via Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth (1994), LL Cool J (1990), & The Notorious B.I.G. (1999) - Glide Magazine

Golden Age Thursday Samples: Keni Burke's "Risin' to the Top" (1982) Becomes Hip-hop Staple Via Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth (1994), LL Cool J (1990), & The Notorious B.I.G. (1999) - Glide Magazine

Throughout our Golden Age Thursday deep dives into some of the more unique, off-kitler examples of the art of sampling, we sometimes let more obvious examples pass us by. In pursuit of the obscure, we’ve let the obvious pass us by. This week, though, we have a performance from 1982 that features such tight grooves and palpable emotions that Hip-hop has employed its magic across over 100 different songs. While we’ll be focusing on the likes of Pe…