"Run Joe" is a calypso-tinged song by Louis Jordan from 1948. This mix features covers by Maya Angelou, Freddie Scott, Sir Lancelot and Chuck Berry as well as the original.
"New York State Of Mind" is a song from Billy Joel's 1976 album Turnstiles. This mix features versions by Carmen McRae, Mel Torme and Leon Russell as well as the original.
Run The Jewels' single "Ooh La La" features a sample by Greg Nice of Nice & Smooth and also samples Biz Markie's "Biz Is Goin' Off", also here.
The later version of "Gangsta Of Love" by Geto Boys adds production by Rick Rubin and vocals by Bushwick Bill with a sample of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" to replace the original version's sample of The Steve Miller Band's "The Joker".
The rest: an alternate version of Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime", the spiritual "Easter Day" by The Dixon Brothers, a cover of Talking Heads' "Heaven" by KD Lang & The Siss Boom Bang, Sly & The Family Stone's languid album outtake "Sittin' On My Fanny" Bohannon's funky "South African Man", Prince Buster's bouncy "Ghost Dance" and a cover of Talking Heads' "Once In A Lifetime" by Philip Bailey.
New York State Of Mind Carmen McRae
Run Joe Louis Jordan
Biz Is Goin' Off Biz Markie
Life During Wartime (alt ver) Talking Heads
Ooh La La Run The Jewels ft. Greg Nice & DJ Premier
Run Joe Maya Angelou
New York State Of Mind Billy Joel
Easter Day Dixon Brothers
Heaven KD Lang and Siss Boom Bang
Run Joe Freddie Scott
Sittin' On My Fanny Sly & The Family Stone
New York State Of Mind Mel Torme
Run Joe Sir Lancelot
South Africa Man Bohannon
Gangsta Of Love (later ver) The Geto Boys
Run Joe Chuck Berry
Ghost Dance Prince Buster
Once In A Lifetime Philip Bailey
New York State Of Mind Leon Russell
