The Breaks: 'Get Out of My Life Woman' Covers (Part 2)

Welcome to our second look at covers of Allen Toussaint's 'Get Out of My Life Woman', popularized by Lee Dorsey, and the artists and producers who sampled the covers.

In addition to famously shouting out Lee Dorsey, the Beastie Boys sampled a cover of 'Get Out of My Life Woman' on their song 'The Move' from 1998's 'Hello Nasty'. The version they sampled is the 1968 rock version of 'Get Out of My Life Woman' from Iron Butterfly's album 'Heavy'. I don't know why more people haven't sampled this version! Tellingly from the album's title, 'The Grass is Greener', 'Get Out of My Life Woman' by Grasella Oliphant attracted the eye of Cypress Hill producer DJ Muggs who used the track on 'What Go Around Comes Around, Kid' from 1993's 'Black Sunday'.

One of the most sampled versions of this song, aside from the original, is also from 1968: Solomon Burke's version of 'Get Out of My Life Woman' from his album 'I Wish I Knew' has become a hip-hop sample building block. The track was sampled twice in 1992 by West Coast artists - one by Dr. Dre for the track 'The Chronic' from his album of the same name and once by DJ Muggs for Ice Cube's 'Now I Gotta Wet Cha' from 'The Predator'. In 1993, it was sourced by T-Ray for Funkdoobiest's 'I'm S---tin' on 'Em'. A year later, DJ Richie Rich would use the cut for 3rd Bass' deep album cut 'Daddy Rich in the Land of 1210' from the album 'Derelicts of Dialect'. The song was also sampled on the Wild Pitch staple 'Blue Cheese' by the UMC's - a favorite among breakers. In 2005, courtesy of production by John Legend and Kanye West, the song was again sampled by Keyshia Cole on the song 'I Changed My Mind' from 2005's 'The Way it Is'.

The Lowdown:
Iron Butterfly 'Get Out of My Life Woman'
from 'Heavy' (1968) (MP3/CD)
Beastie Boys 'The Move'
from 'Hello Nasty' (1998) (MP3/CD)
Grasella Oliphant 'Get Out of My Life Woman'
from 'The Grass is Greener' (1968) (MP3 not available/CD)
Cypress Hill 'What Go Around Comes Around, Kid'
from 'Black Sunday' (1993) (MP3/CD)
Clean Edit: 'What Go Around Comes Around, Kid'
Solomon Burke 'Get Out of My Life Woman'
from 'I Wish I Knew' (1968) (MP3/CD)
Dr. Dre 'The Chronic'
from 'The Chronic' (1992) (MP3/CD)
Ice Cube 'Now I Gotta Wet Cha'
from 'The Predator' (1992) (MP3/CD)
Clean Edit: 'Now I Gotta Wet Cha'
Funkdoobiest 'I'm S---tin' on 'Em'
from 'Which Doobie U B?' (1993) (MP3/CD not available)
3rd Bass 'Daddy Rich in the Land of 1210'
from 'Derelicts of Dialect' (1994) (MP3/CD not available)
The UMC's 'Blue Cheese'
from 'Wild Pitch Classics' (1994) (MP3/CD)
Keyshia Cole 'I Changed My Mind'
from 'The Way it Is' (2005) (MP3/CD)

The Breaks: 'Get Out of My Life Woman' Covers (Part 1)

Two months ago, we covered Lee Dorsey's break form his cover of Allen Toussaint's legendary 'Get Out My Life Woman' and the producers and artists who sampled it here and here. This month - a different take on the same song: we'll be looking at the producers and artists who sampled other covers of the song in a two part post arc.

Joe Williams has one of the earliest covers of the song with the slightly renamed 'Get Out of My Life' from his 1966 album 'Presenting Joe Williams with Thad Jones and the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra'. This song was sampled by Haas G and RNS for an album cut in the UMC's Wild Pitch album 'Fruits of Nature' on a track called 'Woman Be Out'. A year later, the Trackmasters used the same break on the much more notable single 'Ill Street Blues' by Kool G Rap and DJ Polo. In 1993, T-Ray sampled the break for Funkdoobiest's song 'I'm S---ting on 'Em' on the album 'Which Doobie U B?'. Another year later, Large Professor used the cut for Main Source and Large Professor's track on the 'Wild Pitch Classics' compilation titled 'How My Man Went Down in the Game'. In 2000, Jill Scott used the song on her track 'Brotha' produced by Keith Pelzer.

In 1966, the Mad Lads delivered 'Get Out of My Life' on their 'In Action' album. Nearly 3 decades later in 1995, DJ Ralph M would sample the song for Funkdoobiest's 'Superhoes' on the album 'Brothas Doobie'. One of the odder versions of 'Get Out of My Life Woman' comes courtesy of Bill Cosby. On his 1968 album 'Hooray for the Salvation Army Band', Cosby covers 'Get Out of My Life Woman'. Of course this one was sampled too! Chubb Rock and Howie Tee used it in 1991 for the cut 'The Big Man' while in the same year, DJ Muggs used the sample for Cypress Hill's 'Stoned is the Way of the Walk' from their self-titled debut album. In 1992, DJ Premier sampled Cosby for Gang Starr's 'The Illest Brother' from their essential album 'Daily Operation'. Finally, in 1994, the Digable Planets sampled the song on 'Jettin'' from their second and final album 'Blowout Comb'.

Check back for more 'Get Out of My Life Woman' covers and more hip-hop cuts based on them.

The Lowdown:
Joe Williams 'Get Out of My Life'
from 'Presenting Joe Williams with Thad Jones and the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra' (1966) (MP3/CD not available)
The UMC's 'Woman Be Out'
from 'Fruits of Nature' (1991) (MP3/CD not available)
Kool G Rap and DJ Polo 'Ill Street Blues'
from 'Live and Let Die' (1992) (MP3/CD)
Funkdoobiest 'I'm S---tin' On 'Em'
from 'Which Doobie U B?' (1993) (MP3/CD not available)
Main Source and Large Professor 'How My Man Went Down in the Game'
from 'Wild Pitch Classics' (1994) (MP3/CD)
Jill Scott 'Brotha'
from 'Who is Jill Scott?' (2000) (MP3/CD)
Mad Lads 'Get Out of My Life'
from 'In Action' (1966) (MP3/CD)
Funkdoobiest 'Superhoes'
from 'Brothas Doobie' (1995) (MP3/CD not available)
Bill Cosby 'Get Out of My Life Woman'
from 'Hooray for the Salvation Army Band' (1968) (MP3/CD not available)
Chubb Rock 'The Big One'
from 'The One' (1991) (MP3/CD)
Cypress Hill 'Stoned is the Way of the Walk'
from 'Cypress Hill' (1991) (MP3/CD)
Gang Starr 'The Illest Brother'
from 'Daily Operation' (1992) (MP3/CD)
Digable Planets 'Jettin''
from 'Blowout Comb' (1994) (MP3/CD)

Bonus Cut:
Kool G Rap and DJ Polo 'Ill Street Blues' (Acapella)