Soul-II-Soul's "Back to Life" was always a prime candidate for sampling, as the album version of the 1989 hit was completely acapella before it was remade with instrumentation and released as a single. Not surprisingly, then, it's been used by quite a few producers, which helps make the vocal refrain used in Four40 label boss Hybrid Theory's "What's Going Down" single immediately familiar.
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XLR8R — Soul-II-Soul's "Back to Life" was always a prime candidate for sampling, as the album version of the 1989 hit was completely acapella before it was remade with instr... more info