Hello, Sampl’d readers!<\/p>\n
I’m so excited about this week’s sample because I know you all have heard this instrumentation used in Beyonc\u00e9’s infamous 2003 song “Crazy in Love” from\u00a0her debut solo album, Dangerously in Love.<\/em> The song was the lead single of the album and can be best described as a pop love song that incorporates hip hop, soul, and 1970s-style funk music elements. When I hear that infectious horn riff, I have no choice but to turn it up!<\/p>\n Speaking of 1970s-style funk music, the sample for this track comes from the R&B\/soul vocal quartet, The Chi-Lites, on their 1970 studio album, I Like Your Lovin’ (Do You Like Mine?) <\/em>\u00a0The song we’re focusing on is “Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)”, a moderate hit at the time of its original single release has since become one of the group’s best-known tracks after Beyonc\u00e9’s usage of the beat.<\/p>\n Although “Crazy in Love” made the most notorious use of The Chi-Lites’s song, it’s sampled across three different decades by various artists:<\/p>\n The Blueprint:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n