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Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)

Mecca and the Soul Brother
Elektra 1992
Tom Scott

Tom Scott and The California Dreamers
Today

The Honeysuckle Breeze
Impulse! 1967
Sample appears at: 0:14, 0:37 (and throughout) Sample appears at: 1:38, 0:55
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Producers: Pete Rock, C.L. Smooth
Tags: Jazz Rap, Whosampled #1, In Memory Of, US Rap #1 Hit [Add]
Main genre: Hip-Hop / R&B
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Producer: Bob Thiele
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Main genre: Jazz / Blues
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Community Rating Sample Rating: 10 (111 Votes)
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Contributed By M1989
London, UK
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When She Made Me Promise When She Made Me Promise by The Beginning of the End (1971)

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A Tribute to TROY A Tribute to TROY by J. Rawls and The Liquid Crystal Project (2006)
Music in My Mind (Part 2) Music in My Mind (Part 2) by Jazz Liberatorz (2007)
Today Today by Daniel Dexter (2012)

Sample chain found! 30 songs sampled Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.), including:
Reminisce (Bad Boy Remix) Reminisce (Bad Boy Remix) by Mary J. Blige feat. C.L. Smooth (1992)
Crazy Drunken Style Crazy Drunken Style by Masta Ace Incorporated (1993)
Flowin' in File Flowin' in File by Daddy-O (1993)
Fuckin With a Lunatic Fuckin With a Lunatic by Death (2) (1993)
Ego Trippin' (Part Two) Ego Trippin' (Part Two) by De La Soul (1993)
Biological Didn't Bother (Original Flow) Biological Didn't Bother (Original Flow) by Shaquille O'Neal (1994)
Downlo Ho Downlo Ho by Scientifik (1994)
This One's a Girl This One's a Girl by The Coup (1994)
Papa'z Song (Da Bastard's Remix) Papa'z Song (Da Bastard's Remix) by 2Pac feat. Wycked and Poppi (1994)
Conquistadors Conquistadors by Binary Star (2000)
Reminisce Reminisce by Bilal (2001)
The Listening The Listening by Little Brother (2003)
Reminisce 03' Reminisce 03' by Mr. Cheeks feat. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth and Journalist (2003)
Is It Me Is It Me by Method Man (2006)
A Tribute to TROY A Tribute to TROY by J. Rawls and The Liquid Crystal Project (2006)
Can't Tell Me Nothing Can't Tell Me Nothing by Kanye West feat. Connie Mitchell (2007)
In Remembrance of Me In Remembrance of Me by Blu and Exile (2007)
I Want You I Want You by Common feat. Will.i.am (2007)
Clin D'Oeil Clin D'Oeil by Jazz Liberatorz (2008)
Dope Boys Dope Boys by Greg Street feat. Lupe Fiasco, Wale and Kardinal Offishall (2009)

Tom Scott and The California Dreamers's Today is a cover of:
Today Today by Jefferson Airplane (1967)

Cover versions of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.):
T.R.O.Y. T.R.O.Y. by Mr. Chop (2009)
They Reminisce Over You They Reminisce Over You by Unwrapped (2010)
T.R.O.Y. The Resurrection T.R.O.Y. The Resurrection by Mr. Chop and C.L. Smooth (2010)
They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y) They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y) by DJ Mitsu the Beats feat. Fat Loop (2011)
T​.​R​.​E​.​U. (Sei Dir Gewiss) T​.​R​.​E​.​U. (Sei Dir Gewiss) by Aphroe (2012)

Remixes of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.):
They Reminisce Over You (Remix) They Reminisce Over You (Remix) remix by Pete Rock (1992)
They Reminisce Over You (The Vibes Mix) They Reminisce Over You (The Vibes Mix) (1992)

Discussion

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Izeytope96 said on Wednesday, 27 March 2013:
Also, since nobody bothers to post it on this site, The drums for Troy come from James Brown's Say it loud im black and proud.

Izeytope96 said on Wednesday, 27 March 2013:
Nope.remember that pete rock used the horn riff at 0:54 for the verses and only used the riff at 1:38 for the chorus. Here is a video that remakes the track completely using the same sample
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtjgwIssWm4

Debco7 said on Wednesday, 27 March 2013:
I just tried pitching down the original sample from "Today" to where Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth had it for "T.R.O.Y.", and i noticed that the Saxophone part for the two tracks sounded very different. I think the saxophone part was re-recorded while the bassline and background vocals were directly sampled.

Soob said on Tuesday, 19 February 2013:
Oh you're right ;) Both samples are amazing though ^^

Jay Gumbs said on Tuesday, 19 February 2013:
Nas Is Like has more. The "What Child is This" sample.

Soob said on Tuesday, 19 February 2013:
We've got already 100 people who rated it. I think there's no other track on WhoSampled with such a large number of ratings (correct me if I'm wrong).

Soob said on Wednesday, 23 May 2012:
They are down each other https://twitter.com/PeteRock/status/205147490331267072 :)

Jay Gumbs said on Wednesday, 23 May 2012:
Pete Rock feels violated over Lupe Fiasco's used of the beat:

http://exclaim.ca/News/beefs_2012_pete_rock_blasts_lupe_fiasco_over_troy_sample

Da-real-Hip-Hop said on Friday, 20 January 2012:
that sample is so damn dope !

frankekingma said on Monday, 23 May 2011:
True... that bassline would start at 0:56. Maybe should be noted as well?

Mike D said on Friday, 05 November 2010:
M1989: You are correct sir!

babybrother70 said on Friday, 05 November 2010:
This song is awesome, but it skips!

pete7625 said on Sunday, 27 December 2009:
gives me goosebumps when it comes to the saxophon

M1989 said on Monday, 07 December 2009:
T.R.O.Y not only samples the saxaphone hook, but if you listen clearly the bassline is also sampled. Hence, whole track is appropriate

Mike D said on Monday, 07 December 2009:
Nice one. However, to be a stickler, why is this labeled as "Part Sampled: Whole Track"? It's clearly just the hook that was sampled.

JJStone said on Thursday, 03 December 2009:
NBA Street Vol. 2! Playing that game, I would often choose to listen to T.R.O.Y. ovah and ovah again.

Tee-Bone said on Sunday, 09 August 2009:
Speechless...

azuka said on Friday, 07 August 2009:
classic!

Queen Geedorah said on Friday, 07 August 2009:
Yep Peteyyyyy does it again...Mr. Rock and Mr. Dilla musical geniuses

econogirl said on Sunday, 19 July 2009:
Nice!

sketcha09 said on Tuesday, 14 July 2009:
I remember listening to the original sample on "The Boondocks", and the part on T.R.O.Y. came on, and I was really surprised.

musicalta said on Tuesday, 26 May 2009:
this is one of my fav samples ever classic pete rock