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Ice Cube

Ice Cube
It Was a Good Day

The Predator
Priority 1992
The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers
Footsteps in the Dark

Go for Your Guns
T-Neck 1977
Sample appears at: 0:10 (and throughout) Sample appears at: 0:07 and 0:43
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Producer: DJ Pooh
Tags: Rap, Animal Noises, Single, Certified Platinum, US Rap #1 Hit [Add]
Main genre: Hip-Hop / R&B
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Producer: The Isley Brothers
Tags: Disco, Pop, Drum Break [Add]
Main genre: Soul / Funk / Disco
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33 other songs sampled The Isley Brothers's Footsteps in the Dark, including:
Can I Kill It? Can I Kill It? by Compton's Most Wanted (1991)
You Took My Love Away (G-Man's Madness Remix) You Took My Love Away (G-Man's Madness Remix) by Colin England (1993)
California Cruiser California Cruiser by Rodney O and Joe Cooley (1993)
My Thank You's My Thank You's by Dazzie Dee (1995)
Footsteps Footsteps by A.M.W. (1995)
A Ho Is Whatchamaka A Ho Is Whatchamaka by Bass Patrol (1995)
What U Lookin' 4 What U Lookin' 4 by Redman (1996)
Pimp Shit Pimp Shit by Seven Tre (1996)
Mad Mad World Mad Mad World by Dirty D (1996)
I Will Survive (Silk Old Skool Extended Mix) I Will Survive (Silk Old Skool Extended Mix) by Chantay Savage feat. Common (1996)
One Day You'll Be Mine One Day You'll Be Mine by Usher (1997)
All Night Freakin' All Night Freakin' by Link (1998)
Bad Day Bad Day by Keith Murray (1999)
Come Back (Remix by Bob Sinclar) Come Back (Remix by Bob Sinclar) by Superfunk (1999)
A Woman's Worth A Woman's Worth by Alicia Keys (2001)
Raptured Away (Isley Mix) Raptured Away (Isley Mix) by Voices of Unity and Deitrick Haddon (2001)
Do We Really Do We Really by Sharissa (2002)
Heaven Only Knows (Remix) Heaven Only Knows (Remix) by K-OS (2002)
Call Me Call Me by Slum Village feat. Dwele (2005)
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Sample chain found! songs that sampled Ice Cube's It Was a Good Day:
Don't Stimulate Don't Stimulate by Anotha Level (1994)
What a Day What a Day by Jeru the Damaja (1999)
Von Sees Von Sees by The Foreign Exchange feat. Von Pea (2004)
It Was a Great Day It Was a Great Day by Pharrell (2006)
Today Was a Good Day Today Was a Good Day by The Tongue (2008)
Yesterday Was a Good Day Yesterday Was a Good Day by Dom Kennedy (2008)
West Coast Rocks (The Glitch Mob Remix) West Coast Rocks (The Glitch Mob Remix) by Matty G (2008)
16 Switches 16 Switches by Curren$y (2009)
Christopher Walken on Sunshine Christopher Walken on Sunshine by Shawn Lee feat. Princess Superstar (2010)
Triple Double Triple Double by Girl Talk (2010)
Riding Thru Clouds Riding Thru Clouds by Tity Boi feat. Dolla Boy (2011)
The Fighter The Fighter by Gym Class Heroes feat. Ryan Tedder (2011)
No Sleep No Sleep by Wiz Khalifa (2011)
Fuck Da Police Fuck Da Police by Ice Burgandy feat. Waka Flocka Flame (2012)
Saturday (Skit) Saturday (Skit) by Logic (Hip-Hop) feat. John Witherspoon (2013)

Cover versions of The Isley Brothers's Footsteps in the Dark:
Footsteps Footsteps by The Players Association (1977)
Footsteps in the Dark Footsteps in the Dark by Evelyn "Champagne" King (1989)
Footsteps in the Dark Footsteps in the Dark by Kipper Jones (1990)
Footsteps in the Dark Footsteps in the Dark by Body (1990)
Footsteps in the Dark Footsteps in the Dark by Fingazz (2009)

Cover versions of Ice Cube's It Was a Good Day:
Today Was a Good Day Today Was a Good Day by Dynamite Hack (1998)
Bad Day Bad Day by Bizarre (2005)

Remixes of Ice Cube's It Was a Good Day:
It Was a Good Day (Remix) It Was a Good Day (Remix) (1994)

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The Big Dub said on Sunday, 26 June 2011:
i disagree granted i was born in 96 but i listen to older music and i havent heard anyone sample the smoother stuff like this at that time besides geto boys' mind playin tricks on me.

Bigg Boss Luciano said on Friday, 05 November 2010:
The Predator was released in late '92, not '93 as it is stated here

Misho said on Wednesday, 31 March 2010:
oooooooooo this is go hardddd classic
very good search
thanks 4 this sample

HaraldNordgren said on Saturday, 20 February 2010:
No doubt one of the best Hip Hop songs ever. But as far as sampling goes this isn't very interesting...

Spinks said on Monday, 01 February 2010:
This really is one of the classics, but it's interesting to note that Ice Cube wasn't the first one to use this sample. Compton's Most Wanted did that 2 years earlier on "Can I Kill It?" in a very similar way.