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5 Hip-Hop Songs That Sample R&B Singer Luther Vandross

Luther Vandross didn’t just sing love songs. He invented the kind of vocals that make you want to text your ex, light a candle, and dramatically stare out a window all at once. While Vandross is ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Nostalgia Week | Chop Up The Beats, Kanye

Song Sampled: A House is Not a Home, Luther Vandross In this song, Kanye not only samples one of Luther Vandross’ top hits from the 80s, but gives him a shoutout in the lyrics as well, “She said she ...
NPR

With 'Luther,' Kendrick Lamar stakes his claim as a great hip-hop ballad singer

Lamar's duet with SZA samples Luther Vandross' 1982 hit "If This World Were Mine." The song was written by Marvin Gaye, who himself recorded it in 1967 as a duet with Tammi Terrell. This is FRESH AIR.
Rolling Stone

Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge Sample Luther Vandross on New Song

A Tribe Called Quest‘s Ali Shaheed Muhammad and composer Adrian Younge reimagined Luther Vandross‘ “So Amazing” in a jazzy new song on the duo’s upcoming LP The Midnight Hour. The soul icon croons ...
The New York Times

Luther Vandross, Pop Perfectionist, Didn’t Want You to Hear These Albums

Early records reveal that his sumptuous voice and longing lyrics were there from the start. Out of print since 1977, “This Close to You” will be available Friday. By Ross Scarano Nile Rodgers’s very ...
NPR

A new documentary seeks to give singing great Luther Vandross his due

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with director Dawn Porter. Her new documentary, "Luther: Never Too Much," tracks the life and music of the singing great Luther Vandross. LUTHER VANDROSS: (Singing) I believe ...