This gonna be a good ass thread.... Some of the drops yall did in the What Are You Listening Thread helped me find where some of the samples came from, it's dope to be able to post and learn the origins of music from so many people and their experiences. Music marks time so thank yall in advance. This my contribution:
^^^ Kris Kross got the original from this gem
^^^ Heavy D sampled JUNIOR "mama used to say"
^^^ Talib Kweli's Everything Man came from Daybreak's original song of the same title
^^^ Akon stolegot his hit record from the legendary Raheem The Dream
^^^ Jay-Z sample Rose Royce for his track Wishing On A Star (one of the sampled tracks in Hip-Hop)
^^^ How Pac took one of the most pleasant songs ever and turned it into his classic depressive track is craaaazy he had to be in some type of zone sheesh