Top 7 Hall & Oates-Sampled Hip-Hop Songs

By Sheila Dichoso Fri., Jul. 1 2011 at 10:22 AM

We can go for that!

By Sheila Dichoso

Nothing says hip-hop like Hall & Oates. That's right. Not even the filthy mouths of 2 Live Crew could resist their soft rock hooks, luxurious hair and awkward, ambiguous lyrics. (You can't go for what, exactly?)

From Wu Tang to Kanye, rappers have paid homage to the Reagan-era duo by taking bits and pieces of their music for years. (In total they've been sampled by musicians a whopping 52 times and counting.) They possess so much soul that back in the '80s some fans swore they were black until they saw them perform.

This Fourth of July weekend, the guilty pleasure pair take over the Hollywood Bowl for three glorious nights. The only way to welcome them to L.A. was to pay tribute to the 7 Best Hall & Oates-sampled Songs from the genre that loves them best, hip-hop. Getcha rock and soul on:

7. Kanye feat. Rhymefest and Mikkey - "Fight With the Best"
Sample: "Grounds for Separation"

This unreleased track, recorded in the '90s with the Go Getters, is early proof that West made beats sound stylish and opulent. Its chorus, Hall & Oates' third line "I can fight with the best but I can only go so many rounds" is punched up with his own words of motivation, "If you gotta thug it out, thug it out."

6. Wu-Tang Clan - "Method Man"
Sample: "Method of Modern Love"

Hall & Oates taught Method Man to spell it out for his first single off Wu's influential debut Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Method nicked just one line: "M-E-T-H-O-D," but that's all the '80s magic he needed to create one of the most memorable hooks in hip-hop history.

5. Heavy D - "I'll Do Anything"
Sample: "I Can't Go For That"

The self-proclaimed "overweight lover" checks out a Puerto Rican girl at a club in this jam from his first solo album Waterbed Hev. Here a girl sings "I'll do anything for you, I'm gonna put you in the mood," and Heavy D can go for that.

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The Crest - "Rich Girl"

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krs one - 13 and good, this song took method of modern love

Susan Williams

Ugh!!!

Phoenix

Heavy D - "I'll Do Anything" --http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

TixRee

Dude the 80s were all the rage!

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R Isaiah Owens

white boys used to be funky ...then the 90's happened

JAYTHABOSS1

YOU GUYS FORGOT "GHETTO SMILE" BY B-LEGIT FT DARRYL HALL. THEY SAMPLED "SARAH SMILE". YOU'RE WELCOME

Rusty

I think Ghetto Smile and the first 2 below could have made it a top ten list.

Uniting Nations - Out of Touch (Love You So Much remix)

Simply Red - 'Sunrise'

C-Note - Wait Till I Get Home

Donell Jones-Cry

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Mac Dre - 4 Myself

Vanilla Ice - Blowin My Mind

Sofiecakes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... how was this left out of the top 7??? C'mon now!

Juan Garcia

Now, if they showcase Steely Dan's contribution to hip hop then we'd be on our way!

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