Jazz Influence in Hip-Hop

With Hip-Hop’s sampling tradition, the jazz genre was inevitably going to act as a great resource due to the infinite amount of amazing musical moments that have been recorded. Tracks listed may contain explicit lyrical content.

Curren$y – 04 – Hennessy Beach – (Verde Terrace) (Exclusive)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS5L9V92WKI

Mac Miller – Traffic In The Sky

This next song takes a direct sample from Nat King Cole’s “Unforgettable” starting at 3:38!

Nas – Can’t Forget About You (featuring Chrisette Michelle)

Movie Music turned into Jazz Arrangements

Joe Hisaishi, japanese movie composer for a majority of Miyazaki films, re-arranges his scores into jazz arrangements in the album “All That Jazz”. Check out “A Town With an Ocean View” from Kiki’s Delivery Service! Feel free to compare the rest of the album as well.

A Town With An Ocean View (Original)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLIlDhZ8Jrc

All That Jazz (A Town With an Ocean View at 3:00)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hthTuOIsbhQ