The Jazz Samples That Built Hip Hop
You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians
Peter Martin
4.9 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Hip hop wouldn’t sound the same without jazz. From A Tribe Called Quest to PinkPantheress, jazz provides the groove behind of some of the most iconic tracks of the genre.
Diallo Riddle and Luxxury of One Song join Adam and Peter to geek out on deep cuts and the genius behind hip hop’s greatest jazz samples. We explore how sampling has shaped both genres, why the art of “borrowing” has always been part of the jazz tradition, and why some jazz musicians don't get paid for their contributions to hip hop.
If you loved our episode with Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding from Switched On Pop, you’ll love this one. We cover a lot of ground, so dive into our full playlist of every track we discuss. Find that here.
YHI x Switched On Pop episode on jazz influences in hip hop.
One Song episode on Patrice Rushen's "Remind Me".
One Song episode on A Tribe Called Quest's "Electric Relaxation".
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| 0:00.0 | Peter Martin. |
| 0:01.5 | Hey, what's up? |
| 0:02.3 | I'll tell you what's up. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm excited about today's show because on today's show, |
| 0:05.2 | we've got the guys from the one-song podcast joining us. Oh, I love that podcast. You're talking about with Diallo and Luxury? Exactly. It's a great show. And those guys have such cool names, Diallo and luxury. And we're sitting here with, you know, just Peter and Adam. I thought, that's okay, Peter Adams, okay. |
| 0:19.3 | It's all right, but I thought maybe today we can give ourselves some really cool nicknames, you know? |
| 0:22.7 | Oh, okay, I got it, I got it. |
| 0:24.6 | Um, know, just Peter and Adam. I thought, it's okay. Peter, Adams, okay. It's all right, but I thought maybe today we can give ourselves some really cool nicknames. |
| 0:22.7 | Oh, okay, I got it. |
| 0:35.8 | Chickerea and Herbie Hancock. It's a little on the nose. I like where your head's at, but it's a little too obvious. What about, like, I'll be Rialo, and you can be Top Shelf? how about if I'm top gun and you're Seallis |
| 0:37.3 | I don't think I want to be |
| 0:39.9 | Sealous for this show |
| 0:41.3 | No but shelf. How about if I'm top gun and you're Seallis? |
| 0:39.2 | I don't think I want to be Sealous for this show. |
| 0:41.4 | No, but what if it's Maverick and Goose? |
| 0:44.4 | You know what? No, no, no. |
| 0:45.8 | I think I'll be |
| 0:47.2 | I'll be... I'll be... |
| 0:49.3 | I'll be sure. |
| 0:51.9 | All right, that's good. Then I'll be |
| 0:53.4 | Christopher Williams. |
| 1:13.6 | Oh, I'm dreaming. The The I'm Adam Mace. And I'm Peter Martin. And you're listening to the You'll Hear It podcast. Music Explored. Brought to you today by Open Studio. Go to Open StudioJadogas.com for all your jazz lesson needs. Peter, we say it every single week almost nowadays that it's a big day. No, you know what? We're throwing out all those previous weeks where we said it's a big day. Because today, I mean, look at this. This is a big day. We are so thrilled to be joined by Luxury and Diallo from the incredible One Song podcast. We're such huge fans. Thank you guys. Thanks for having us, guys. Thanks for having us. I think we're going to geek out. Oh, man. We've already been in here geeking out. We're going to go next level, right? |
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