Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It"

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Music Interviews, Comedy, Music, Music Commentary

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🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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This episode is made in partnership with Spotify. SongDNA beta is available on Spotify Premium. Check out This Is How We Do It on mobile here: https://open.spotify.com/track/6uQKuonTU8VKBz5SHZuQXD/dna?si=re8LBCVNSLWW4zl2LKSSQg&pi=BWykl12PTk22r This week, we’re bringing the old school back and diving deep into Montell Jordan’s 90’s party anthem “This Is How We Do It”. Diallo & LUXXURY break down the song’s iconic sample of Slick Rick’s “Children’s Story” and use SongDNA to show the intricate web of connected songs, taking us all the way back to an oft-sampled 70’s Jazz track. Diallo shares his perfect wedding DJ set and just where you want “This Is How We Do It” to come in, and the guys try to guess which other songs emerged from the same classic sample that birthed “Children’s Story” and in turn “This Is How We Do It”. Diallo & LUXXURY Talk About Music Patreon One Song Spotify Playlist SONGS DISCUSSED: “This Is How We Do It” - Montell Jordan “Children’s Story” - Slick Rick “The Rain” - Oran “Juice” Jones “Somethin’ 4 Da Honeyz” - Montell Jordan “Got to Give It Up” - Marvin Gaye “Atomic Dog” - George Clinton “Gin And Juice” - Snoop Dogg “N.Y. State of Mind” - Nas “Get Ur Freak On” - Missy Elliot “DNA” - Kendrick Lamar “Humble” - Kendrick Lamar “Take Me To The Mardi Gras” - Bob James “Angela (Theme from ‘Taxi’)” - Bob James “Nautilus” - Bob James “In the Air Tonight” - Phil Collins “Milkshake” - Kelis “Drop It Like It’s Hot” - Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell Williams “Money (Dollar Bill Y’all)” - Jimmy Spicer “C.R.E.A.M.” - Wu-Tang Clan “Daytona 500” - Ghostface Killah “Beats To The Rhyme” - Run-DMC “Follow The Leader” - Eric B. & Rakim “I Want You” - Common “Feel Like Making Love” - Bob James “Submarine” - Bob James “Clap Your Hands” - A Tribe Called Quest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Attention all passengers.
0:03.0	The Uber ride for Mark and Jamal's romantic weekend
0:07.0	will depart in four minutes from Platform 6.
0:10.0	Your ride comes with a rolling countryside sunset view
0:14.0	and a table seat ideal for playing footsie beneath.
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0:58.2	I'm kind of buzzed and it's all because
1:00.7	this is how we do it.
1:02.6	Okay, I just want to say,
1:03.7	there's a lot of drinking of this song.
1:05.5	So tip up your cup and throw your hands up,
1:07.5	I'm kind of buzz and it's all because. Nice. Woo! Everything is like... Love it. I think me and Montel are the same tenor. Yeah. You got it. Luxury. Today we're talking about an R&B song that pulled from hip-hop's past to create maybe, just maybe, the definitive party anthem of the 1990s. That's right, Diallo, and this song's mission to bring the old school back is built
1:29.5	around a sample of a classic hip-hop song, which itself is built around an interpolation.
1:34.2	Interpolation.
1:35.7	Of an artist, too, at this point, is essentially synonymous with classic hip-hop breaks.
1:40.1	So to help us make sense of this complex web of samples and interpolations, can I do that too?
1:44.9	You can.
1:45.6	We've partnered with Spotify to use their brand new song DNA feature.
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