If you haven’t heard of Nina Simone, now you have. I don’t know how to describe her songs without gushing; suffice it to say she’s as amazing as she was prolific. The songs in their original recordings are powerful stories and poems of her time, testimonies of deep love, deep hurt, deep anger and deep emotion.
What I’ve compiled today is a list of seven (7) remixes of some of her well-known songs. There are plenty of excellent songs sampled from her body of work, especially in hip-hop (‘sup Kanye West). And, of course, the line between sample and remix gets pretty thin, but we can always pick that apart later. For now, enjoy a few remixed/sampled Nina Simone songs.
Note: Video heavy post after the jump.
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