On this episode of Africa Incorporated the focus is on soul records that did more than influence the future. These songs were directly carried forward through sampling becoming the backbone of some of the most recognizable hip hop and R&B records ever made.

Zapp’s Be Alright provided the emotional core later heard in 2Pac’s Keep Ya Head Up. Bill Withers’ Grandma’s Hands resurfaced decades later as the rhythmic foundation for Blackstreet’s No Diggity. Esther Phillips’ That’s All Right With Me was reworked by Jeru The Damaja into a defining moment of New York boom bap.

Roy Ayers’ Everybody Loves the Sunshine remains one of the most enduring samples in hip hop history while Minnie Riperton’s Inside My Love became a key piece of A Tribe Called Quest’s Lyrics to Go. Donny Hathaway’s Little Ghetto Boy crossed generations through Dr Dre and Michael Jackson’s I Can’t Help It was transformed by De La Soul into Breakadawn.

This episode connects the dots between original soul storytellers and the artists who reintroduced their voices to new generations. Africa Incorporated continues to document how Black music moves forward by honoring what came before.

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