what are some old original songs that were remade into popular rap/R&B/hip hop/top 40 songs now ??

Question

like "i'm mr. lonely " by bobby vinton was remade into LONELY by akon.

and "stand by me" by the temptations was remade into BEAUTIFUL GIRLS by sean kingston


ANOTHER QUESTION: what was the original version of "i'm real remix" by j.lo and ja rule??

Answer 1

a couple of j.lo's song were actually remakes. "im real" was sampled from rick james "mary jane" and "all i have" was sampled by big daddy kane's "Very special" which was sampled from somebody else, but cant remember.

Answer 2

Songs That Were Remade

Answer 3

1. Missing You by Sting was remade by P. Diddy (Puff Daddy at the time)
2. Through the wire was remade by Kanye West although im not sure who the orginal was.
3. Somebody's Watchin Me by Michael Jackson was remade by Master P
4. Take a Look at my Girlfriend by Supertramp was just remade.

Answer 4

I actually heard on the radio a hip-hop version of that song that goes "just a fool to believe I had anything she neeeeeds ... She's like the wind..." Unbelievable! The most bland, white-bread, yuppie soft rock music of all time, co-opted into hip hop? What is the world coming to?

Adult contemporary hip-hop apparently.

Answer 5

the "supercalifraggalisticxpaldious" song the mary poppins song was remad into a rap song by orlando brown

Answer 6

Correction: "Stand By Me" was done by Ben E.King in 1961, not the Temptations.

Answer 7

I don't know about the oldies songs but some 80's songs are

totos africa is used in jojos new song, jermaine stewarts we don't have to take our clothes off is also used in a new song - not sure who does it -