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James is recognized as one of the progenitors of smooth jazz. His music has also had a profound effect on the history of hip hop music, having been sampled time and time again his dark and eerie tracks like Nautilus helped inspire an entire genre of dark driving hiphop in the late 80′s and early 90′s. We included some of the best tracks (sampling Nautilus) below.

Bob James – Nautilus

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Main Source – Live at the BBQ

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Run Dmc – Beats to the Rhyme

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Eric B and Rakim – Follow the Leader

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Jeru the Damaja – My mind spray

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Big L – Let em have it L

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Soul II Soul – Jazzie’s Groove

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Run Dmc

Eric B

Main Source

Jeru the Damaja

Bob James

Soul II Soul

Big L