Rappers Love Taana Gardner's Heartbeat

This morning I'm listening to DMX's second album, Flesh of My Flesh, and It's all Good comes on. I knew I had to do a post on this because that rappers just love Taana Gardner's Heartbeat.

You've probably heard Taana Gardner's Heartbeat before. Its a disco song and is said to be one of the slowest disco beats. It makes a great break beat for rappers to spit over though.

Here's Taana Gardner's Heartbeat:



Sweet eh? DMX lays down his pimp game on It's All Good.



But no matter who you are, Heartbeat is best known for its use in early 90's dancehall artist, Ini Kamoze's Here Comes The Hotstepper. Its probably the biggest song to use Heartbeat. Here Comes the Hotstepper was # on the US Billboard Hot 100 Charts and was used in the movie Pret A Porte (Ready To Wear).



De La Soul also used it in their 1991 hit, Buddy, off their classic album 3 Feet High and Rising. Buddy featured other Native Tongues... A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah and Monie Love.



Another B.U.D.D.Y also used the same beat. Check out Musiq SoulChild's version.



Are we done yet?

Nope.

Blackmoon used Heartbeat for their record Two Turntables and a Mic. Man, I remember that one. Thats real hip hop right there.



KRS One also sampled Heartbeat on his I Got Next album with a song by the same name. Heartbeat featured Redman and Angie Martinez.



Harlem rapper McGruff used it on his song Before We Start and Mack 10 & Snoop Dogg repped their respective hoods over Heartbeat in their song LBC to the ING.

Rappers just love a good breakbeat so you can be sure there's more that I didn't mention.

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