Every once in a while, a song comes along that seems to be created to be sampled to death by hip-hop artists. I'm not talking about a drum sample that has been cut out of James Brown's 'Funky Drummer' or The Honeydripper's 'Impeach the President' as those are part of an era of hip-hop in which the samples were free. But now, samples cost money, and no one is going to pay for a James Brown drum beat that could instead be duplicated.
Instead, samples are often used as a way to replace a chorus (Nas' 'Get Down') or to make the song recognizable to a sought after demographic (Lupe Fiasco 'Show Goes On'). The latest sample to be passed around is from La Roux's 'In For The Kill'.
It's pretty easy to see how the chorus of this song is easily translatable to hip-hop. One could take it literally and use it as a chorus for a gangster rap anthem or one could use it to set the tone for a song focused on lyrical braggadocio. And it has been used in all of these ways. The Game used it as a potential single for his upcoming album, Swollen Members made a video, even Jim Jones got in on it. The list goes on and on. But by far my favorite has been the gangster rap rendition from Chicago's L.E.P. Bogus Boyz, and it has this awesome video to match.
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