What's up Blogheads! It's about that time for SAMPLE OF THE WEEK! Today's sample is Isaac Hayes - Hung Up On My Baby from the 1974 soundtrack of the motion picture film "Tough Guys." The song was sampled by Houston hip-hop group The Geto Boys for their 1991 eerie, scary anthem "Mind Playing Tricks On Me." The Geto Boys sampled this soulful groove to help them talk about bipolar disorder, paranoia, depression and schizophrenia, especially when it comes these type of psychological profiles in the ghetto. Scarface appears on the introduction of the song as if he was telling a story as he says "I sit alone in my four cornered room, staring at candles." Scarface, Wille D and Bushwick Bill want people to understand their stories of what goes on in 5th Ward. Thanks to Isaac Hayes, this soulful song brought the hot 1991 single to life from the dusty crates to the radio. Not only the Geto Boys borrowed this song but several other artists such as the Ghetto Girlz, TLC, Ice Cube, Second II None, Destiny's Child, Lifer's Group and once again, Scarface.
Here is Isaac Hayes "Hung Up On My Baby"
(Warning: While listening to this song, make sure your doors and windows are locked. If a man with a black suit and a cane is standing outside your house, please turn the song off.) LOL Naw im kiddin. Enjoy the song.
Here are the artists that sampled this song:
Destiny's Child ft Wyclef & Pras’s "Illusion"
Geto Boys "Mind Playing Tricks On Me"
Geto Girlz "My Man's Playin Tricks on Me"
Ice Cube "You Know How We Do It"
Lifer's Group’s "Jack U. Back (So You Wanna Be a Gangsta)"
Scarface "Mind Playin Tricks on Me 94"
2nd II None "If You Want It"
TLC "Creep"
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