This weeks sample is one of the most inspiring I’ve herd in a long time. It comes from the amazing Eunice Kathleen Waymon, or as she is known in the world of music…Nina Simone. Nina was one of the most influential female artist for many of today’s talents.

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Her soulful lyrics, amazing compositions and sheer passion made her the amazing success she became from the 50’s right up until the late 90’s. Although she has been sampled and covered by many people over the past few decades, this sample we have for you today is so packed full of material that your guaranteed to make something unique and interesting!

The sample is entitled Sinnerman, and derives from an old church song her mother used to sing when she was a Minister, to help promote the confession of sins. The sample is extremely unique and can only be classified as a ‘Spiritual’

One of the more famous examples of this track being sampled was created by Kanye West for Talib Kweli, which ended up forming the track Get By off the Quality album. Another big name that saw use of the track is Timbaland, who cleverly used the similarity for the words Sinnerman and Timbaland to great use to create his track, Oh Timbaland. As well as being sampled this track has appeared in many feature films and television programs over the years, some of which are; Oceans 12, Miami Vice, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Scrubs and Life On Mars.

There is no doubt that this is an amazing track with many change ups, breakdowns and vocal snippets for everyone to break down and get extremely creative with. As always, please don’t hesitate to upload your ‘flip’ to the Hip-Hop Makers forums for some honest feedback.

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