NPR: Listener Challenge: Name the sample

Listener Challenge: Name the sample

Artist Gregg Gillis (aka Girl Talk)

Andrew Strasser

Today on the show, we did an assisted listen to Girl Talk aka Gregg Gillis's latest album, Feed the Animals. Gillis is a mashup artist who samples just about everything you could imagine.

So here's our challenge to you BPP listeners: name as many samples as you can in this song, "Like This."

Cheaters as always can go to Wikipedia.

Caitlin Kenney

2:07 PM ET | 06-23-2008 | permalink

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I love BPP- listen to it every morning when I am not late for work!
these are the samples i recognized - and i'm too lazy to wiki, so it's just what i caught:
Soul II Soul- "back to life"
Beastie boys- "body movin'
LL Cool J - "Mama said knock you out"
Mya and ODB- "Ghetto Superstar'
Diana Ross - "Upside Down" (i think it's her)
K7-"here comes the high steppa" just a short cut of it
Little Mama or who ever does that Lipgloss song.

Sent by liz money | 5:03 PM ET | 06-23-2008

i love music...but this is a bit hard...let's try this...

get my bodied - beyonce
mama said knock you out - ll cool j
back to life - soul II soul
body moving - beastie boys
ghetto superstar - odb w/ mya
free your mind - en vogue
superstar - carpenters
come baby come - k7
upside down - diana ross
lipgloss - lil mama
one - metallica
tamoborine - eve

hope i did good...

Sent by mf | 9:06 PM ET | 06-23-2008

I'm not worthy. I thought I had caught a few obscure ones (the 3 second sample of En Vogue) but you guys are great.

Kudos.

Sent by Nathan in Holland | 4:12 AM ET | 06-24-2008

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