Kurtis Blow If I Ruled the World America Mercury 1985		Beside Change the Beat (Female Version) Change the Beat Celluloid 1982
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Producer: Kurtis Blow Tags: Old School Hip-Hop, Vocal [Add] Main genre: Hip-Hop / R&B More information on Wikipedia		Producer: Material Tags: Electro Hop, Rap, Sampled in More Than 550 Songs, Vocal Samples (Most Used), Vocoder, Sampled in More Than 600 Songs, Sampled in More Than 900 Songs, French [Add] Main genre: Hip-Hop / R&B
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Other songs sampled in Kurtis Blow's If I Ruled the World:

		Pump Me Up by Trouble Funk (1982)

928 other songs sampled Beside's Change the Beat (Female Version), including:

		The End (John Anthony Scratch Mix) by John Carpenter (1983)
		Don't Stop Rappin' by Too Short (1983)
		Rockit by Herbie Hancock (1983)
		Slice by World Class Wreckin' Cru (1984)
		One for the Treble (Fresh) by Davy DMX (1984)
		To Be or Not to Bop That Is the Question (Whether We Funk or Not) by Mtume (1984)
		Slice by DJ Yella (1984)
		Techno Scratch by Knights of the Turntables (1984)
		Tonight by The Master Scratch Band (1984)
		M.C. Perpetrators by Lady Crush and DJ Jazz (1984)
		Funky Fresh Xmas by Busy Boys (1984)
		Roxanne Roxanne by UTFO (1984)
		Funky Breakdown by The Awesome Foursome (1984)
		Megamix II (Why Is It Fresh?) by Grand Mixer DST (1984)
		Big Apple Production Vol. II by Genius at Work (1984)
		The Pure by Captain Rock (1984)
		Just Having Fun by Doug E. Fresh (1984)
		Rough Cut by Kid Frost (1984)
		Rhythm Rock Rapp by Daniel Sofer feat. The Unknown DJ and Dr. Dre (1984)
		Never Die by Stevie Colt and Easy Rock (1984)

Sample chain found! songs that sampled Kurtis Blow's If I Ruled the World:

		Ready or Not by Fugees (1996)
		If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) by Nas feat. Lauryn Hill (1996)
		Motivators by A Tribe Called Quest feat. Consequence (1996)
		Luv Em Luv Em Baby by MC ADE (1996)
		24k of Gold by Big Sean feat. J. Cole (2012)

Beside's Change the Beat (Female Version) is a remix of:

		Change the Beat (Male Version) (1982)

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