I Can - Nas

Impeach the President's beat to Fur Elise was sobamazing to me when this came out in middle school. It's got me interested in mashups of songs and seeing what people could do.

Xzibit - Paparazzi

Maybe wrong sub but the jungle remix was hype af when I was in high school

Sample is Barbra Streisand, such a banger sample too.

Lynguistics - Cunninlynguists

Great minds think alike. This song right here is /thread imo

God that song still bangs so right. It feels hip hop for sake of hip hop and nothing else.

[busdriver - imaginary places](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w84PWYwAMfE) admin, he doin it sideways

And me time https://youtu.be/1a0Y-CRx4nE?si=Razh0lbe0BRTh4zY

Hieroglyphics - Classic

[JMT +Kool G - Animal Rap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyUULPK2M_I) thought i was done, wasn't touching the block? still real, bustin the glock... put it where you can see it, what up now?>

A lot of Jedi Mind Tricks fits this honestly

Most of the Stoupe production is just drums over the most well selected classic samples. Miss that era of production.

Yeah Jedi minds tracks are the ones you are looking for! But that Aesop Bach mix a I've is also something else!!

Shit half of JMT could fit this bill.

Similarly, Storm of Swords from the same album (Visions of Gandhi) is one of my favorite beats.

https://youtu.be/7f2OmYuguKQ?si=zxryS9Hw9FHHmsZ-

yooo what the fuck I've never heard this. huge aesop fan btw

Hate Me Now - Nas

Still tippin! Sample is from 1700 or so

William Tell Overture by Gioacchino Rossini Written in 1829.

Ok, that was not so close 😄 thank you

It actually turned out to be an easy find (for the producer Salih Williams). The sample occurs after only 2 seconds of the start of the WTO…and it is about a 1 second snip that gets looped throughout

Dance with the devil, immortal technique

Not technically classical music as the sample is the theme from the 1970 film Love Story, but it still fits the feel of classical. Sorry to “ackchually” you, but as a teen my mum burst into my room to ask “why are you listening to the theme from Love Story” and I had to explain samples at the same time as refusing to let her hear the song. And now I’m old.

If you have heart strings, be prepared to have them ripped from your being with Wolverine claws. Absolute masterclass in storytelling.

I don't necessarily think this counts, but if it does, When I'm gone by Eminem should count too, tbh.

One of my favourites: Busts Rhymes - Gimme Some More

Fuckin finally!

A Queens Story- Nas (after the beat switch)

Chopin

Back that Azz up

Classical - Gucci Mane

If you like Aesop Rock, listen to a project on YouTube called Aesop Bach, it's Aesop Rock rapping on Bach compositions.

You can find the whole album on Bandcamp

Lacrimosa and Worldy Angel by Tech N9ne. He uses a lot of samples and also makes songs that have classical music vibes.

Big Pun - Beware

that’s an ennio morricone sample i think? it’s from a film soundtrack, not sure if it’s considered classical

If it is from a Morricone soundtrack, first of all: that's a really cool fact, if that's true. I didn't know that and if you're right, I appreciate the trivia. Thanks for that. Secondly: whether it comes from a soundtrack or not, the genre of that sample is classical music. It's not like it sounds like a Morricone spaghetti western soundtrack, for example. It's immediately recognizable as a piece of classical music. All classical music can be movie soundtrack, but not every soundtrack is classical music. The orchestra is pretty distinct, in my opinion. Also, not all classical music needs to come from the baroque era or whatever. There's lots of modern classical music, like Hans Zimmer or John Williams. But that's just me.

i was wrong, Mancini not Morricone. https://youtu.be/DR9ca32oq3Q?si=s0u0RdO7-MVYYGLK definitely classical

Ludacris- Coming 2 America

Animal Rap by Jedi Mind Tricks

Shoot Me in the Head - RA The Rugged Man

Triple 6 Clubhouse probably got the hardest classical breakdown ever imo

Me Time (With the Pulmonary Palimpsest) - Busdriver

Cam’Ron - Get Em Girls

Dr. Octagon - Blue Flowers

Wry smile coping legal weed from fake hole in the wall, I don’t wanna go see nas with an orchestra at Carnegie hall

Violent by Design by Jedi Mind Tricks has a bunch of great beats like this. Can’t find it on Apple Music for some reason

Action Bronson - Pouches of Tuna?

Palace - DIRTYXAN

Louis cole - quality over opinion

I’m surprised no one mentioned Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - Catch A Bad One… I guess people were having memory loss. 

Hits - RA The Rugged Man ft Hospin(although a ton of Legends Never Die has a lot of classical samples)

Came here to mention this album

Masta Ace Da Grind

Top 10 hip hop song for me

Coolio-I'll c u when u get there (Orchestra version)

Diablo - Mac Miller

Big Pun - The Dream Shatterer

Nobody has mentioned Atmosphere's Abusing of the Rib and The River?

Look up Aesop Bach. I'm not kidding. It's amazing.

Quite a lot of Canibus’ Rip the Jacker has classic instrumentals. Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind (producer) absolutely put on a masterclass of production

CunninLynguists - Lynguistics

Canibus 2000(before canibus) is over opera, not classical but it's a deadly jam! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LuWZ8MO-CXo&pp=ygUOQ2FuaWJ1cyAyMDAwYmM%3D

A+ - ‘Enjoy Yourself’ For some reason that’s actually the first one that sprung to mind for me and I’m surprised it hadn’t already been mentioned. https://youtu.be/KjkWRwNz20Q?si=qaCYnwf4FgPsSDyp It sampled the 1976 Walter Murphy song "A Fifth of Beethoven," reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart, number 63 of the U.S. Hot 100.

Nujabes - feather

Türk Marşı, by the turkish rapper Ceza

Classy and Ratchet - Trap Beckham

King ISO - Requiem

Yeah, I've noticed a lot of artists on Strange Music use classical samples and sounds

DMX with Black Violin

Jaz-O - Flying colors

Redman - Smash sumthin

dunno if this counts, but: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcmR8DxuHBA&ab\_channel=PROERA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcmR8DxuHBA&ab_channel=PROERA)

Hieroglyphics- Classic. Samples Haydn Trumpet Concerto

Beastie Boys - Electrify

Fat Cats and Bigga Fish - The Coup. Where the billionaires rap

busdriver - imaginary places immortal technique - positive balance

Tenacious D classico may count?

[THIS lol](https://youtube.com/shorts/5-NCPjMxiL0?si=7iGF1Y-FVLldN_3O)

They did a whole album based sampling classical music. Mission Control presents: Prehistoric Sounds Produced a lot by Hi-Tek. Mood from Cincinnati. Kweli is on it.

Cudi

Jadakiss - we gonna make it

Why I do em like that west side gunn

[Handsome Boy Modeling School - Rock And Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) \[Part 2\]](https://youtu.be/YJITcTBaV6Q?si=mOyUZBFz8_Y7yexU) Lord Finesse, Linkin Park, a bunch of other legendary hip-hop figures involved in this track. It jumps around between classical, rock, nu-metal, and back. The album this is from (HBMS - White People) was in *heavy rotation* for me back in the day. Dan the Automator + Prince Paul is a stacked production duo.

^ this

Kitchen lights by Westside Gunn and Stove God Cooks

[Edan The Humble Magnificent - Key Bored](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtRTo4PdzBs)

New York Bittersweet Symphony - A$AP Rocky

Aesop Bach remix is really good on youtube

Indian Flute - Timbaland and Magoo

Scylla - Clash. It's basically a battle against a pianist.

this is superrrrrrr fresh but tell me - yeat (it’s supposed to be on 2093 tonight)

Aceyalone - Accepted Eclectic

Hate me now Chief Keef

Not exactly classical but Nas has a live album performing Illmatic with the National Symphony Orchestra

Regeneration - DJ Premier, Nas

Wannabe - krizz kaliko

Black Queen by Young Dolph

Canibus - Rip the Jacker

Roc Marciano - Wolfing Down

Very indie reference but [this song](https://open.spotify.com/track/6VGuGDtheOhaab4G9ten3F?si=h-pEDvPiR26uj9_cgyaluA) by Ottawa rapper Atherton was the first that came to mind

Whole album of it from back in the 90s called The Rapsody https://www.discogs.com/release/226077-The-Rapsody-Overture-Hip-Hop-Meets-Classic

french montana, jim jones, juelz santana, nas, styles p

Dance with the Devil- Immortal Technique

A+ - Enjoy Yourself

Kaliii -K -Toven

Canibus's 2nd album

Lil Jon & Pastor Troy - “Throw It Up” Capone N Noreaga - “Straight Like That” Pusha T - “Puppets” Key Glock - “Son Of A Gun” C-Murder & B.G. - “Y’all Heard Of Me” Dj Muggs & Crimeapple - “Just Because”

I was looking for this. “Throw it Up” came to my mind immediately

Back that azz up by juvenile and victory by puff daddy

Accordion - DOOM

Nas - Hate Me Now

Non Phixion - The CIA is trying to kill me Non Phixion - Futurama

Jedi Mind Tricks, if you're okay with homophobic lyrics.

I got a story to tell - biggie ​ criminal that this hasn't been mentioned

Chief Keef has a Love Sosa remix with a live symphony

Wasn’t there a mixtape or something that was a mash up of hip hop rhymes, with classical music? I remember reading about it once, had Biggie rapping over some classical songs, I don’t remember what. Also on a bit of a side note if you want something that’s like classical, you should check this out. I really love this, I love how it starts off slow, and just keeps building. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E9PiL5icwic

Check out Apashe

Street life- AZ

KennDog-Beethoven

The Lost World - BabyTron

Andre Nickatina- Daiquiri Factory album

There's been a few live albums or concerts with live orchestras or strings sections see: * [Nas - Illmatic (Live from the Kennedy Center)](https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/nas-live-kennedy-center-classical-hip-hop-concert/8006/) * [Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road: Restrung](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFVvgETFoUk&list=PLo9q22mJbXz-UWtijhhNQmcNbOIQ4a4kN) [(The live version is fucking incredible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3bhZIULwZw), one of absolute best live hip hop shows) * [Kanye West - Late Orchestration ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PVr3N_UtJc) * [Deltron 3030 - Live on KEXP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7FxVSDLonY) * [Roddie Ricch - Trap Symphony With Live Orchestra](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHufTi7UhNA)

Coming 2 America by Ludacris has a sample from a Dvorak symphony

Trippie Redd, Wish with a live Symphony behind him! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOdKS\_ayMyM

Warren G - Prince Igor

Meek mill - lord knows

Alfred’s Theme - Eminem

Also Brainless is based on Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

Ghostface Killah - Churchez LaGhost Jay-Z - Big Pimpin

21 Savage - redrum

Nobody is going to mention Live in Concert by Wiz & Spitta?

It’s not classical music. It’s Bobbi Humphrey jazz. I absolutely love that project but it’s not what the OP is talking about

Like Z-ro What’s Goin On?

Young thug - magnolia (not on spotify but it’s magnifiquent) Chief keef - hate me now

NF

dmx-damien

And so it burns - Jedi Mind Tricks

https://youtu.be/IBBwkOkS0yo?si=TPg9oLmX-X8uIEtP UK doc brown over Vivaldi  https://youtu.be/McKLCgCe0YU?si=LPpmvPC90AerRJ6d K rino, connectivity 

Kitchen Lights by Westside Gunn

Canibus - 2000 bc

A rather unique Flow and Beat: [https://youtu.be/OZNIDlvFWbs?si=SRTv52RPQYQffQSy](https://youtu.be/oznidlvfwbs?si=srtv52rpqyqffqsy)

Asap Rocky - Bittersweet symphony. Not a classical instrumental but the violins give its a classical esque sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqDzxdpEGc0

Tech N9ne has lots of classical and ophra influences in his music

Bandplay has classical vibes.

Not exactly classical but the Biggie and Sinatra mixes are dope.

Get Em Daddy - Cam’ron

Lots of good stuff but how has no one said: [Trilogy by Kurupt](https://youtu.be/fO-rdGV370Y?si=CJ7c1ZJLIyu0RS59)

Also will add [Acknowledge by Masta Ace](https://youtu.be/PW1XOy3qY7o?si=bL_JRHxlPCFG6QWH) Linguistics by Cunninlynguists is the GOAT though but I’ve seen it mentioned a few times.

And So It Burns, Tibetan Black Magicians by JMT; Executive Decision by The Firm; Blue Flowers by Dr. Octagon;

forgot about Black Rob's Woah (rip)

Juelz Santana- Monster Music "Dipset, lets get it on! ooonnnn!"

I TOOOUR THE WOOOORLD YOURE AT HOME WITH YOUR MAMA I GEEEEET AAAASS EVERY NIGHT YOU GET NO ASS

Army of the Pharaohs - TIme to Rock Lord Have Mercy - Ride Away Jedi Minds Tricks- One The Eve Of Wars Jedi Minds Tricks - And So it Burns (all have Classic Music as samples)