Our friends in the U.K. are celebrating Recycle Awareness Week. It’s a time to think about how recycling reduces waste, helps the environment, and promotes better recycling habits.

The U.S., meanwhile, will observe America Recycles Day on November 15. The goal is noble, and it got us thinking about recycling as it pertains to music. Parts of songs can be reused or “recycled” to create something else entirely. Today, let’s explore this phenomenon with music!

So for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that have been sampled or have used a sample would you like to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played
The Heavy – How You Like Me Now?
Nas – Hip Hop Is Dead feat. Will.i.am
The Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist
Ann Peebles – I Can’t Stand the Rain
Missy Elliott – The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
P.M. Dawn – Set Adrift on Memory Bliss