Coffee Break: Sampled songs (Day 2)
by Anna Reed
February 28, 2018

Toki Wright's hour long hip hop show "Wright About Now" debuts tonight on The Current at 10 pm.
Yesterday we explored hip hop and R&B songs that have sampled, borrowed or been inspired by older songs. You had such good suggestions that we are expanding into Day 2 of this topic.
So for today's Coffee Break, what other songs do you want to hear that have been sampled by, or have inspired hip hop and R&B songs?
Respond with your song ideas in the comments below, and see yesterday's suggestions below.
Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive. Or, when you register for a Minnesota Public Radio account, you can send requests via Alexa, too Just say "Alexa, ask The Current to play Song by Artist" e.g. "Alexa, ask The Current to play Left of the Dial by The Replacements."
Songs played on Tuesday
Ice Cube - Today Was a Good Day (clip)
The Isley Brothers - Footsteps in the Dark
Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight (clip)
Chic - Good Times
2Pac - Changes ft. Talent (clip)
Bruce Hornsby and The Range - The Way It Is
Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) (clip)
Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince - Summertime (clip)
Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness
Alessia Cara - Here (clip)
Isaac Hayes - Ike's Rap II
Songs played today
Kanye West - Stronger (clip)
Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It (clip)
Dick Dale and His Del-Tones - Misirlou
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (clip)
Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise
M.I.A. - Paper Planes (clip)
The Clash - Straight To Hell
Pras ft. Mya & Ol' Dirty Bastard - Ghetto Supastar (clip)
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - Islands in the Stream
