"Sample This" is yet another look at hip-hop in documentary form. There's "Hip-Hop Evolution" which is a multi-part series on the evolution of hip-hop. There's "The Show" and "Rhyme and Reason" which featured the biggest artists of the 90's. There's "Scratch" which is about the art of scratching. There's "Fresh Dressed" which is about clothing in pop culture and hip-hop's big influence on it. And there's "Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap" which is an Ice-T creation about the art of rapping and MC'ing. Not to mention the other documentaries out there about various artists such as Tupac, Notorious B. I. G., Tribe Called Quest, and others.
"Sample This" goes way back to give a detailed history of the song "Apache" by The Incredible Bongo Band. "Apache" is so important because it is probably one of the most sampled songs in all of hip-hop. If you've heard a rap song at all from the 80's or 90's, then you've heard the beat from "Apache." "Sample This" probably goes deeper than anyone wanted to about the origin of the oft-sampled "Apache." It is some fascinating stuff and some not so fascinating stuff that is both comedy and tragedy. There are times in the documentary when you may wonder if you're watching a documentary on hip-hop it strays so far from the topic. I think the point of it was that everything has an origin and an influence that isn't readily visible so here's an important origin story.
"Sample This" goes way back to give a detailed history of the song "Apache" by The Incredible Bongo Band. "Apache" is so important because it is probably one of the most sampled songs in all of hip-hop. If you've heard a rap song at all from the 80's or 90's, then you've heard the beat from "Apache." "Sample This" probably goes deeper than anyone wanted to about the origin of the oft-sampled "Apache." It is some fascinating stuff and some not so fascinating stuff that is both comedy and tragedy. There are times in the documentary when you may wonder if you're watching a documentary on hip-hop it strays so far from the topic. I think the point of it was that everything has an origin and an influence that isn't readily visible so here's an important origin story.