Who Flipped It Better

The Sample: The Manhattans - Wish That You Were Mine The Manhattans are one of the best slept-on soul groups of the '60s and '70s. Groups with bigger profiles, like The Impressions, The Temptations, and The Blue Notes tend to get more recognition, while other groups like The Emotions and The O'Jays had bigger hits, but The Manhattans kept it simple with a warmth that still glows today...

The Sample: Gary Burton - 'Las Vegas Tango' The vibraphone. An instrument so seductive it’s both stunning in effect and somewhat rare to find played. Lionel Hampton was one of the first to ever bring the vibraphone to wider audiences in the late 1920s and early '30s, and greats like Bobby Hutcherson, Milt Jackson, and Roy Ayers would continue to popularize it’s distinct sound throughout the centur

Kanye's 'Bound 1& 2' go up against Jay Electronica's 'Fat Belly Bella'

This week we pit A$AP Rocky's 'Peso' against Spice 1's 'Welcome To The Ghetto' to see who made better use of an S.O.S. Band sample.

Who made better use of this obscure string sample, J. Cole or Madlib?

Whodini's 'Friends' is a classic song with an everlasting message--watch who you befriend. Booming 808s and crisp claps mark 'Friends' as a trademark of early-to-mid 80's hip-hop that would become dominated by RUN-DMC, but Whodini were some of the first pioneers to blend electronic elements of production with their rapping techniques...

In this week's edition of 'Who Flipped It Better?' we reverse the weather and travel back to the sunny days of summer with Kool & The Gang's 'Summer Madness' from their 1974 'Light of Worlds' album. The lounging, hazy buildup conjures images of fire hydrants spraying in the street and steam rising from pavement as people peel their clothes off to cool down. In...

'Who Flipped It Better?' is our new weekly column where we'll take one song and choose two rap records that sampled it. We'll break each one down and decide which song flipped the sample better. Loop diggers, crate lovers and hip-hop heads alike, rejoice.