Top Billin'

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Top Billin' was a breakout hit for the hip-hop duo Audio Two in 1988 and has since become a very widely and frequently sampled track. It can be heard on Tony Hawk's Underground 2.

[edit] Notable samples

  • "We Trying to Stay Alive" by Wyclef Jean samples Top Billin', and more prominently samples "Stayin' Alive" by the BeeGees.
  • "Wreck Shop (Remix)" by Wreckx-N-Effect used a drum break from Top Billin'.
  • Madlib also used a short break from the track on Quasimoto's "Basic Instinct."
  • "What More Can I Say" by Jay-Z from The Black Album takes its name from a line from Top Billin'.
  • Danger Mouse samples the line "What more can I say" in his remix of the Jay-Z song "What More can I Say" on The Grey Album.
  • The same line is used in "Is He Ill" by MF Doom.
  • The intro to The Notorious B.I.G.'s debut album Ready to Die samples Top Billin' behind a skit of a train robbery.
  • "Bitch Niggaz" from Dr. Dre's album 2001 samples a line from Top Billin' ("stop scheming, and looking hard").
  • The beat for Mary J. Blige's 1992 hit single, "Real Love," comes from the beat for this song.
  • "I Got 5 on It" by The Luniz samples the line "Got it? Good" from Top Billin'.
  • Earatik Statik samples the line "on and on and on" from Top Billin' on their song "Evil is Timeless."
  • The lines "Kwa is chillin', Tone is chillin', what more can I say, we stay building" on Talib Kweli's song Too Late is inspired by Audio Two's Top Billin'.
  • The song "Chillin'" by Erick Sermon, Talib Kweli and Whip Montez has a chorus completely based upon that of "Top Billin'"
  • The song "Spilt Milk" by 9:15 references "Top Billin'" and samples the lines "that's how I feel," "milk is chillin'" and "what more can I say."
  • "SexyLove (Remix)" by Ne-Yo and Candace Jones features the "Top Billin'" drum break punctuating the end of each musical phrase.
  • "Pop the Glock" is lyrically and instrumentally based arouond this song by producer DJ Feadz and Uffie.
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