EDIT: I'd like to sort of be the "administrator" for the game btw. I would appreciate it if others didn't post their own clips. I have my own little library I'd like to work through and if we have several on the go at once, things will quickly get messy. If one is solved in my absence, never fear, I will be along within the day to provide a new challenge ;) Thanks :)

 

Calling all non-hip-hop listening prog heads!

 

Now you don't have to like rap music to play this game, in fact it probably helps as you will be unlikely to already know what samples are in the track. It's just a game to see who has the sharpest nose for the original sources of the samples.

 

All you have to do is test your prog ears by naming the artist and song that is sampled. I'll put up at one at a time and when the answer is correctly guessed, I'll put up another.

PLEASE: Do not use the internet to find the answer, or if you do, don't reveal it but let someone else guess.

 

Anyway, the first one's REALLY easy, I don't want to stump people off the bat, in fact I'll be ashamed if people don't get it right away...

 

 

Alright, hear the track and NAME THAT SAMPLE! No cheating now!

 

Will post another once this is correctly named.

I've solved half the mystery; I'll let someone else do the rest.

Well done. I expected that one to be done right away. I wonder if I'll be able to stump you guys at some point?

But for now I won't try to, don't want to kill the fun too early, so I'll keep it pretty easy for now with this:

 

 

If you're a fan of the prog act in question, you should get this immediately...

 

GG: Funny Ways.

 

Otherwise torture to me ears.

 

Next up:

 

 

But alright smartypants, here's one I think is difficult.

 

Let's see how you do. Last one for me tonight as I'm off to bed but I'll be back with more tomorrow if it's solved ;)

 

I always get them mixed up.

I have to say hated that song.

Alright then, but pick- which song is it, Won't Get Fooled Again or Baba O'Reilly?

Took you ages? Shame....you could have looked at my answer.

OK...opt for.....um............Won't Get Fooled Again.

LOSER!!!!!!

 

Alright, one last one and I really am going to bed... back tomorrow to check if it's solved and to put up another. I'll stump you one of these days!

 

Someone hack SD's computer and make sure he's not cheating ;)

 

The guys that sampled Ritual clearly didn't realise that melody was in 5/4! Silly people...

 

Alright, here's a clue-  you're looking at the wrong elements. The sample is the "are you ready" vocal that comes in behind the beat. And the artist's name begins with M.

 

Any takers?

 

(That's the gauntlet thrown down) ;)

My point is I'm not going to listen to this awful (imo) song again.

So I'm not a "real" prog fan......so what?

Yeah i know.....so was mine.

 

The sample is from Planetary Citizen by Mahavishnu Orchestra,

 

Sample appears at 1:03.

 

 

 

Alright so I stumped you once. Here's an easier one:

 

 

Good old De La Soul.

 

 

 

Without looking it up, do you remember the name of the Steely Dan song?

 

Next: A little tougher but one that a fan of the band in question might be able to spot quite quickly.

 

 

If it helps, the sample is sped up. Imagine it being played at half speed.

OK next one is SUPER easy as it's a prog standard but I'll still see if you guys can get it right away.

 

I more use it as an illustration of the odd effect sampling can have if you notice it. If you just treat this sample as sound it doesn't matter, but if you actually listen to the lyrics used, it has NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with the song. And if you happen to know the sample (which Mims' target audience certainly wouldn't) the clash of the worlds of cheesy pop rap and prog rock legend is disorienting. A lot of the rappers I've been using are respected/underground types, the sort of stuff I actually listen to. Mims, the guy this next song belongs to, is a plain and simple commercial palooka with very little to recommend him. And yet he uses this sort of arcane sample from a super serious prog band here. Sometimes you think a rapper puts real thought into his beat collection but on this occassion I'd eat my hat if it wasn't a beat that just got passed to him by the label.

 

Yep. You're good at this Chris S, catching up on Snow Dog.

 

btw, is this thread surprising you guys so far? It's just people were falling out of their trees about Kanye West and King Crimson so I wondered if learning that it's been going on for decades makes people rethink sampling's limits and history and the types of music that fed into hip-hop.

 

Here's a similar one but MUCH tougher- I'll be impressed if someone gets this.

 

It's similar in that it's another complete juxtaposition. Capone and Noreaga are a noted rap duo, capable of producing good rap music. Their tracks tend to be standard street issue stuff but they do a better job of it than most.

 

Except on the singles where label pressures and their own fears about their commercial potential cause them to become particularly dumb. This song is a typical "gangster get money" track.

 

BUT

 

it samples a much loved prog act. And the thing is, I couldn't think of a less likely act to be sampled for an album that was actually called Thugged Da f**k Out. Really goes to show you can sample anything for anything if the producer's got an ear for it.

 

But can you pick the sample? Like I said, I think this is a toughie...

 

 

Don't be distracted by the piece of music at the start- the sample is in the main track that begins at :12.

 

Feedback: Great thread topic

 

Chris S: Thanks :)

 

I'm expecting Kid Sister's Let Me Bang (a particularly nauseating rapper btw, maybe I'll switch back into trying to use some good ones after this) to be another stumper but then that's what I said about Blood Money 3 and it was spotted right away so who knows ;)

 

As I said, I've heard this act sampled a few times and I never notice it- the nature of the noise they make always blends right into the beat, doesn't stick out much. There, that's a little bit of a clue ;)

But who can be first to name the track?

 

Oh well, here's your next assignment ;) This is a hard one as the sample is not that distinctive, but it's from a song almost everyone here will have heard.

 

A hip-hop instrumental this time too, all you rap haters.

 

(sample I'm looking for doesn't appear till over :30 seconds in)

 

 

Last clue: Artist's name begins with D.

It's the drum intro from David Bowie's Soul Love.

 

 

I've got a lot more of these lined up but despite the praise the thread is getting (thanks guys) the guessing seems to have dried up a bit. Do people want me to do some more?

Hmmmm...I was trying to think of a PROG sample as the thread title suggests. Really that one wasn't worth the effort to be honest.

Drum sample my arse.

 

Here's an example of "progressive rap" that uses a prog sample which should be pretty easy to identify if you're a devotee of the band. The MCs, Slug, Aesop Rock and MF Doom are among some of the most acclaimed in the underground and it's about video games too!

 

 

put up the song in new page,

 

I think it's Kraftwerk, not sure on the songtitle

 

Alright, here's a beat I really love from the excellent producer Black Milk (not that crazy about the MC) and it is built around a sample from a legendary prog song. Not some prog-related Bowie type sample Snow Dog, a real prog band. Thing is, though everyone's heard this song, I think the sample is virtually unrecognisable. Can anyone get it?

 

I made an account just for this lol >_>.

 

Next:

 

 

Another one from a very well known artist but the song itself is kind of obscure.

 

 

 

Seems like I've been stumping people a bit so here's one so easy it's redundant to guess- it's more to illustrate that yes, this band's been sampled too. Your kids may have been listening to classic prog acts all the time and never even knew it.

 

 

Here's a slightly more modern one:

 

But what about this one, a little more obscure?

 

BONUS ROUND

 

The lines are still open to place the sample in Cannibal Ox's Battle For Asgard.

But in the meantime, let's divert into the realm of prog that samples. Yes it happens.

A short time ago I posted Joe Budden's No Escape which samples Radiohead's Street Spirit. But some people don't realise that Radiohead's own hit, Karma Police, itself contained a sample from a very well known band. Without looking it up, can anyone give me the name of the band and song sampled in Karma Police?

 

I can't take listening to this stuff.

 

Yeah I do agree, this is horrendous music.

 

Maybe we should change the subject and play for Progressive rock songs that features samples of Rap songs

 

 

 

 

couldn't find anything for that game though

he is quite an outspoken fan of this genre and won't appreciate some of the comments here.