10 Hip Hop Songs With Surprising Samples

2. The Notorious B.I.G's "Victory" Samples "Going The Distance By Bill Conti

If you truly want to grasp the greatness of this incredible track then here's a little tip for you. Find it on your Spotify, iTunes or whatever way you listen to music and go and do something competitive. That could mean running, playing football, even playing a few maps on the latest edition Halo if that's your thing. As the song plays you'll probably notice that you're going a little bit harder than you usually would. But why? Well, not only has this song got two of the best MC's ever in it in the lyrically stupendous Notorious B.I.G and outrageously energetic Busta Rhymes (nobody counts Puff Daddy, P.Diddy or Diddy as a rapper if we're being honest), but it also takes its sample from Going the Distance by Bill Conti, which you might recognize from the training montage in Rocky II. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kwamhqyHN0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3sZfPSSNVg
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