Sims Samples Futuronostro Mixtape Cover Art
Sims Samples Futuronostro Mixtape Cover Art

Educate Your Ears With Futuronostro's Epic "Sims Samples" Hip-Hop Mixtape

A mixtape can serve any number of purposes. Some are ideal for kicking back with friends, others are club bangers and some become entirely new pieces of art in their own right. But there's another type of mixtape deserves its due--the hip-hop history lessen set that pairs vintage 20th century material with the songs that eventually sampled them to great success.

One such tape has made its way to the offices of Okayplayer--and it's magnificent. Futuronostro--a sonic portmanteau of French imprint Cosmonostro and DJ collective NOw FUTUR (also French)--have delivered a new(ish) tape that blends past and present with a keen sense of selection and a foremost emphasis on groove. "Sims Samples" is an hour and a half of hip-hop classics from the likes of A Tribe Called Quest, Wu Tang Clan, Dr. Dre, Jaylib, Mobb Deep and more, cut with the song(s) that made each one possible in the first place. It's like a multi-generational rap production family reunion where everyone's legit, digging the funky scene.

And so rather than keep this one all to ourselves for the next Mixtape Monday, Okayplayer deems it 100% necessary that you pause your plans and take this one for a spin. The Frenchmen have put in copious work to highlight the art of the sample, and minute after minute the mixtape delivers the sonic goods. Listen to the full set below and scroll down for a complete tracklist. Happy #MixtapeThursday, y'all.

Tracklist:

DONALD BYRD - Places And Spaces

PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH - All The PLaces

MINNIE RIPPERTON - Inside My Love

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Lyrics To Go

DAVEY DEX - Get On Down

WU-TANG CLAN - Method Man

PATRICE RUSHEN - Settle For My Love

SHYHEIM - Shaolin Style

DONNY HATTAWAY - Little Ghetto Boy

DR.DRE Feat SNOOP DOGG - Lil’Ghetto Boy

THE MAIN INGREDIENT - Summer Breeze

NOTORIOUS BIG - Things Done Changed

HOWARD ROBERTS - Dirty Old Bossa Nova

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Jam

DEBARGE - I Like It

GRAND PUBA - I Like It

GEORGE BENSON - Face It Boy, It’s Over

ED O.G & Da BULLDOGS - Love Comes & Goes

AHMAD JAMAL TRIO - Dolphin Dance

COMMON - Resurection

THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS - Danger ! She’s A Stranger

OUTKAST - Two Dope Boyz In A Cadillac

GWEN MCCRAE - Rockin Chair

BLAZHAY BLAZHAY - Danger

JERU THE DAMAJA - Come Clean

SAM & DAVE - Rich Kind Of Poverty

ONYX - Slam

THE MOHAWKS - The Champ

LOU REED - Walking On The Wild Side

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Can I Kick It

DOROTHY ASHBY - Canto De Ossanha

PHIFE DAWG - Ben Dova

TRACY CHAPMAN - Fast Car

NICE & SMOOTH - Sometimes I Rhyme Slow

SYL JOHNSON - Different Strokes

WU-TANG CLAN - Shame On A Nigga

THELONIOUS MONK - Black And Tan Fantasy

DONALD BYRD - Wind Parade

BLACK MOON - Buck Em Down

ISLEY BROTHERS - Make Me Say It Again Girl

NAUGHTY BY NATURE - Hip Hop Hooray

ERNIE HINES - Our Generation

PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH - Straighten It Out

JEAN PLUM - Here I Go Again

MOBB DEEP - Win Or Lose

AL KOOPER - Love Theme

ALCHEMIST - Hold U Down

JERRY BUTLER - I M Your Mechanical Man

METHOD MAN - Bring The Pain

NINJA MAN - Test The High Power

BARRINGTON LEVY - Black Roses

PACEWON - Any Champion

CRIS WILLIAMSON - Shine On Straight Arrow

JAYLIB - The Red

CATALYST - Uzuri

FAB 5 - Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka

GEORGE BENSON - Face It Boy, It’s Over

PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH - I Get Physical

STAN GETZ, LUIZ BONFA - Saudade Vem Correndo

PHARCYDE - Runnin’

MICHAEL JACKSON - Human Nature

NAS - It Ain’t Hard To Tell

KOOL & THE GANG - N.T Parts 1&2

BLACKBYRDS - Mysterious Vibes

PARIS - Days Of Old

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD - Nothing The Same

MASTA ACE - Music Man

SKULL SNAPS - It’s a New Day

TOWER OF POWER - Sparkling In The Sand

DIAMOND D - Sally Got a One Track Mind

ROGER - You Should Be Mine

EPMD - Crossover

CAL TJADER - Never My Love

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