Curtis Mayfield getting the Hip-Hop Treatment

"The Makings of You" - Curtis Mayfield (1972)


"The Joy" - DJ Pete Rock, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Charlie Wilson, Curtis Mayfield, & Kid Cudi (2010)

I love the original, but I like what Pete Rock did with the beat and Jay-Z's & Kanye's verses are very smooth.  Bottom line is a great song can make a good sample.  It's too bad too many artists abuse it, and not to the listener's benefit.