“It Takes Two” has since popped up on songs like the Scoop DeVille-produced Snoop Dogg track “ I Wanna Rock ” (2009) and the Gang Starr sure shot “ Suckas Need Bodyguards ” (1994). E-Z Rock and an important sample source in its own right. It was also a career defining record for both Base and his late collaborator D.J.
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‘88 also brought about new levels of commercial visibility for songs that sampled “Think (About It).” Inspired by Stafe’s electro hit “ Set It Off ,” Rob Base and co-producer William Hamilton used an overt flip of “Think” that perfectly wove together many peak moments of the song into the irresistible party starter “It Takes Two.”īase said in a 2018 Las Vegas Magazine interview by Matt Kelemen that he first had the idea to sample “Think” after hearing “a breakbeat album that all the DJs used to get.” He was very likely referring to Volume 16 of Ultimate Breaks & Beats, though he didn’t name the series specifically. (For more on the importance of UBB, read Robbie Ettelson’s indispensable Cuepoint oral history from 2015.) Just as his decision to slow the tempo on the drum break from The Winstons’ “Amen, Brother” turned it into an instant sample essential, Flores’ tinkering with the Collins’ work undoubtedly turned on a lightbulb for many aspiring producers of the day. Īs was sometimes the case throughout the UBB series run from 1986 to 1991, Flores created his own edit of the song-extending and highlighting certain drums breaks that were especially ripe for DJs and producers. For one, “Breakbeat Lou” Flores and his late collaborative partner Lenny Roberts included “Think (About It)” on Volume 16 of their famed Ultimate Breaks & Beats series. Though it’s difficult to say exactly why the song started to take root in 1987 rap beats, there are two important cultural touchstones from that year that likely played a key role in its reemergence.
Interestingly, while some of Brown’s handiwork like “ Funky President (People It's Bad) ” was interpolated or sampled in the very early years of rap music, it took a little bit longer for Lyn Collins’ classic to find its way inside people’s samplers.
A remarkable feat of artistry in its own right, “Think (About It)” also became one of the most-sampled songs in the history of recorded music.
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