Beg For Mercy: Original Samples

Say what you will about Curtis & Company, but G-Unit‘s debut album Beg For Mercy is a banger. When the album was released in November 2003, it was in constant rotation in my CD player. What did it for me, was the overall production of the album. One thing that I admire about 50 Cent, is that he knows how to pick a hot beat. Just listen to his first two albums… the beats are hot! And Beg For Mercy is not exception.

I’ve been working on this set for quite some time (at least three months off and on). Quite a few of the tracks have some real soulful production, but when compiling this sample set I found the mix of samples to be more eclectic. In addition, most of the samples were damn never impossible to track down. The sample credits I came across were either incomplete or often times just incorrect. Then a lot of the sampled tracks were so obscure, finding the actual song was mind numbing. Thanks, once again, to Thomas and Goon who helped greatly with this set. Unfortunately, three samples are still missing from this set, but I don’t wanna sit on this one any longer….. enjoy!

1. “Million Dollars” by Triumvirat
   • Sampled in “G-Unit”
   • Produced by Hi-Tek
2. “Christmas Camel” by Procol Harum
   • Sampled in “Poppin’ Them Thangs”
   • Produced by Dr. Dre & Scott Storch
3. “Silenzia nel Caos” by Ennio Morricone
   • Sampled in “My Buddy”
   • Produced by Thayod Ausar & Eminem
4. “Tobacco Road” by Tommy Youngblood
   • Sampled in “Stunt 101″
   • Produced by Mr. Porter
5. “Come Live With Me Angel” by Marvin Gaye
   • Sampled in “Wanna Get To Know You”
   • Produced by Red Spyda
6. “Simply Beautiful” by Al Green
   • Sampled in “Groupie Love”
   • Produced by Dirty Swift
7. “Blue Leopard” by Pierre-Alain Dahan *
   • Sampled in “Betta Ask Somebody”
   • Produced by Fusion Unltd. & Jake One
8. “Walk With Me” by Fontella Bass *
   • Sampled in “Footprints”
   • Produced by Nottz
9. “Liebe kommt und geht (Hello Love)” by Daliah Lavi *
   • Sampled in “Eye For Eye”
   • Produced by Hi-Tek
10. “I Too Am Wanting” by Syreeta
    • Sampled in “Smile”
    • Produced by No I.D.
11. “Brandenburg Concertos No. 1 in F major (Allego Moderato)” by J.S. Bach
    • Sampled in “Salute You”
    • Produced by 7th EMP
12. “Back Down” by 50 Cent
    • Sampled in “Beg For Mercy”
    • Produced by Black Jeruz & Sha Money XL
13. “Doctor Marvello” by Klaatu
    • Sampled in “Lay You Down”
    • Produced by DJ Khalil
14. “The Greatest Sex” by R. Kelly
    • Sampled in “I Smell Pussy”
    • Produced by Sam Sneed