Nice flip of a slow soul piano sample for The Blueprint 3 by the producer Shux. The addition of Alicia's strong vocals and the overall theme of NY pride displayed through Jay-Z's visual delivery combines to create a great anthem. It's interesting to see how a few seconds of a record can inspire and grow into so much more as a finished hip hop song.

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The Moments (group):

The original members of The Moments were Mark Greene, Eric Olfus, Sr., Richard Gross, and John Morgan. The group formed in Washington, D.C. in the mid 1960s, and were signed to the newly established Stang Records label set up by Sylvia Robinson at All Platinum Studios in Englewood, New Jersey, run by Sylvia and her husband, Joe Robinson. The group had their first hit almost immediately late in 1968 with "Not On The Outside", which reached #13 on the R&B chart and #57 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart with Greene handling lead vocal duties on the first chart hit. The group quickly scaled down to a trio(some sources credit Greene, Richie Horsley and Johnny Moore as comprising this lineup)but Greene and Horsley left All Platinum in 1969, being replaced by baritone Al Goodman (born 31 March 1947, Jackson, Mississippi) and new lead tenor/baritone singer William "Billy" Brown (born 30 June 1946, Perth Amboy, New Jersey) while Morgan stayed on. Brown had previously been a member of The Broadways, who had recorded on the MGM label. Goodman(after a couple of performing stints with The Corvettes and The Vipers)had been hired by Joe Robinson as a studio production creative assistant/singer/songwriter and on records played the substitute role of 'Mickey' (as in Mickey & Sylvia - of whom Sylvia Robinson was formerly one-half).