The Tom Tom Club's 1981 hit "Genius of Love" has been one of the most popular samples in hip-hop and R&B. In this new series, we broke down the history of the song, and some classic '90s and '00s cuts that sampled the track.
From 2 Pac and Ice Cube to KRS-One, Public Enemy, Scarface, and JAY-Z, these are liberation and resistance songs from the other America— Black America.