About this episode

The episode dives deep into Montell Jordan's iconic 90's party anthem 'This Is How We Do It' and its connections to other songs.

This episode is made in partnership with Spotify. SongDNA beta is available on Spotify Premium. Check out This Is How We Do It on mobile here: https://open.spotify.com/track/6uQKuonTU8VKBz5SHZuQXD/dna?si=re8LBCVNSLWW4zl2LKSSQgπ=BWykl12PTk22r This week, we’re bringing the old school back and diving deep into Montell Jordan’s 90’s party anthem “This Is How We Do It”. Diallo & LUXXURY break down the song’s iconic sample of Slick Rick’s “Children’s Story” and use SongDNA to show the intricate web of connected songs, taking us all the way back to an oft-sampled 70’s Jazz track. Diallo shares his perfect wedding DJ set and just where you want “This Is How We Do It” to come in, and the guys try to guess which other songs emerged from the same classic sample that birthed “Children’s Story” and in turn “This Is How We Do It”. Diallo & LUXXURY Talk About Music Patreon One Song Spotify Playlist SONGS DISCUSSED: “This Is How We Do It” - Montell Jordan “Children’s Story” - Slick Rick “The Rain” - Oran “Juice” Jones “Somethin’ 4 Da Honeyz” - Montell Jordan “Got to Give It Up” - Marvin Gaye “Atomic Dog” - George Clinton “Gin And Juice” - Snoop Dogg “N.Y. State of Mind” - Nas “Get Ur Freak…

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Hosts: Diallo, LUXXURY

Topics covered

• 90's music
• party anthems
• sampling
• DJ sets
• music analysis

Keywords

• Montell Jordan
• This Is How We Do It
• sampling
• Slick Rick
• 90's music

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