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The Six Best Movie Samples In Rap Songs

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Moving on, MF Doom's "Beef Raps" with the sample from Wild Style in the intro has to make the list. Doom is one of my favorite rappers for a few reasons. For starters, he's dope as hell. Two, I love how genuine and comfortably underground he is, I really sort of idolize his career. See, I'm a huge comic geek, and the fact his whole persona is created in the image of the greatest villain in the history of villains wins me over without a doubt. [laughs]

Also, "Beef Raps" itself is awesome for two reasons: The song is great, and Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, which is my favorite cartoon, raps it at the end of the Danger Doom album. How could you not love that?

Mos Def's Primo-produced "Mathematics" is my next pick. Although it's minute and easy to miss during the hook you can hear DJ Premier scratching in a clip from the film Ghostbusters. It's really nothing more than a quote saying "What are we talking about here?" [laughs] I didn't notice it myself until a friend of mine who knows that movie from front to back pointed it out. I'm a huge fan of Primo's work and that may be one of my favorite records he's produced, and of course Mos always does his thing. He's like the coolest guy in the world to me, seriously.

Last but not least... okay, definitely least [laughs], is Ludacris's "Number One Spot". Now, I'm not the biggest fan of his work, but I really liked this beat when it came out. I've always thought the Austin Powers movies were funny and I appreciated the way Luda threw in and flipped all the movie references.

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