Gianni Lee specializes in dope shit. He has an ongoing series of mixtapes where he lays out the samples used on the biggest hip-hop album releases. His best dissections have been the Yeezus mix and the one he did for Good Kid, M.A.D.D. City, but we were wondering where Drake got all his sounds from for #NWTS, and now we’ve got them all. If you can get through the first track, which is a Whitney Houston Bodyguard classic, without your homies clowning you, this tape is full of highlights including: Ice-T’s 99 Problems, Wu-Tang’s It’s Yours and Trae’s Swang. Classic beats here, people.
1. The Political Intro ( Prod. By Gianni Lee )
2. Whitney Houston – I Have Nothing (Tuscan Leather)
3. Curtis Mayfield – When Seasons Change (Live) (Tuscan Leather)
4. Bruno Sanfilippo – Ambessence Piano & Drone (Started From The Bottom)
5. Lil’ Jon and the Eastside Boyz-who you wit’ (Started From The Bottom)
6. Zodiac – Loss Config (Wu-Tang Forever)
7. Wu-Tang Clan – Itz Yourz (Wu Tang Forver)
8. Notorious B.I.G. – Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems (Worst Behaviour)
9. Trae – Swang (Connect)
10. Ellie Goulding – Don’t Say A Word (Pound Cake)
11. Jimmy Smith – Jimmy Smith Rap (Pound Cake)
12. Wu Tang Clan – C.R.E.A.M. (Pound Cake)
13. Abbey Lincoln – My Man (All Me)
14. Ice-T – 99 Problems (All Me)
15. Kardinal Offishall – Ol’ Time Kilin’ (All Me)
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