Influence
His music has been sampled many times by hip-hop musicians.
In 1993, De La Soul sampled Lou Rawls's Axelrod-produced "You've Made Me So Very Happy" on their track "I Am I Be" from the Buhloone Mindstate album.
In 1994 the Beatnuts became the first musicians to sample one of Axelrod's own pieces: "Holy Thursday" for their track "Hit Me With That" from the Street Level album and again in 1997 where they sampled the Axelrod written Electric Prunes songs: "The Adoration" for their "World Famous Intro" and "General Confessional" for "Niggaz Know", as well as Axelrod's "Life Time Monologue" for Lou Rawls, particularly the song "Thinkin 'Bout Cash".
In 1995 producer T-Ray sampled Axelrod's "A Divine Image" for Kool G. Rap's "Take 'Em To War" from his 4,5,6 album.
Also in 1995 producer Joe Fatal on the Fat joe album Jealous One's Envy samples the Axelrod written Electric Prunes song "Holy Are You" in "Respect MIne" and Axelrod's own "Holy Thursday" for "Bronx Keeps Creating It".
In 1996 Dj Shadow in his ground-breaking Entroducing album sampled Axelrod's "The Human Abstract" for his "Midnight In A Perfect World".
In 1999 and 2000 Wu-Tang Clan members Inspectah Deck and Ghostface Killah both sampled "Terri's Tune" by Axelrod for the songs "Elevation" and "Stay True" for the albums Uncontrolled Substance and Supreme Clientele.
Madlib covered "A Divine Image" as part of his Sound Directions project. Cypress Hill used parts of the same song for the track "16 Men Till There's No Men Left" on their album IV.
In 2008, 2 tracks of Axelrod's; "Holy Thursday" and "The Edge" were included in the soundtrack to the blockbuster video game Grand Theft Auto IV.
"Holy Thursday" was looped by rap producer Swizz Beatz for the track "Dr. Carter", which is on Lil Wayne's album Tha Carter III.
"Holy Thursday" was also sampled in part on Sublime's self-titled album in the song "Doin' Time".
"Holy Thursday" was also sampled in InI - "Think Twice", produced by Pete Rock.
"Holy Thursday" was also sampled in its entirety by Skyzoo for the track "The Definitive Prayer" on his mixtape The Great Debaters.
DJ Premier sampled “The Smile” for the track “Shake This” from Royce da 5'9"’s album Street Hop.
Los Angeles producer Nameles, aka Nahm, produced "Substance Abuse" with samples from several different tracks off the Songs of Experience album.
Producer Diamond D sampled the riff at 1:20 of "The Warning Talk (Part II)" to create the basic beat for "Hip Hop" off Mos Def's Black on Both Sides. In 1996 Diamond D also sampled Axelrod, where he uses a portion of "The Mental Traveler" for his remix of Ras Kass's "Soul On Ice".
Quasimoto or Madlib sampled "The Signs pt II' for the track "The Unseen" of his 2000 album The Unseen.
Optical Illusion a South African-based crew sampled "The Edge" in 2005 for the track "Pure Service," produced by BATTLEKAT on their album The Offering.
Swizz Beatz sampled Holy Thursday on Lil Wayne's Dr. Carter on the album Tha Carter III in 2008.
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