Sample Breakdown: Lady (Hear Me Tonight) - Modjo

Inspired by TrackLib's "Sample Breakdown" series, I set out to try and create a video with a similar effect.

A little more complex this time: introducing more chopping and pitch-shifting as well.

Sampler: Lady (Hear Me Tonight) - Modjo (2000)
Sampled: Soup For One - Chic (1982)

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[samlinden]

the bass line on this track is so great

[musicsme]

Serotonin was injected to this masterpiece. It’s insane how fresh it is many years later too

[MacJunior]

Its just the simplicity and genius of french House. I just LOVE It, Daft punk did It a lot as well

[bruiSER-]

It's frightening just how talented Nile Rodgers is. The amount of samples taken from his music with CHIC to make modern dance is insane. His talent pool is never ending.

[Myeauxyoozi]

I think this song works so damn well because of its microtonal key. It being detuned really makes it feel like you're listening to it through an old car radio as you're driving away from all responsibilities.

[riminissi]

as a fellow Korean-descent, and sampling aficionado, I can guarantee this channel is gonna go big!!!

[nickcollins]

It's pretty awesome that guys from Chic liked "Lady" so much that they started play it live, in form of mash-up with "Soup For One".

This video is really well done, you nailed the video editing style of Tracklib :)

[wendytestaburger]

No idea this was sampled. Amazing work

[JhorellXyzeus]

Tracklib did they're own version of this sample breakdown in a sample breakdown video of iconic electronic music samples from 1990 to 2024

[rolandanderson]

I do have to say the translation from the last semitone to the song coming in is phenomenal

[elniklas]

Genius. Its incredible what that little pitch change did

[lewpog]

genuinely thought this was a Tracklib video, well done !

[maverickREAL]

1.5 semitones??? Does this mean this isn't in a normal key? Or am I forgetting how music works?

[ronpaizley]

& CHIC's soup for one is funky as hell by its self / CHIC's library is always getting sampled !!!

[samgomez]

Great job of percectly showing how the song was sampled. Also, appreciate you including Lady at 0:47 rather than just ending the video after showing how the sample was altered. Good stuff

[kingMT]

My grandma was playing Soup for One (i now like it) and I knew it sounded similar as I heard Lady, Hear Me Tonight on NonStop Pop in GTA 5.

[angelus]

My god...
never expect to see a video with the composition step by step, great job!

[untitled]

Justin, for DPR Ian - don’t go insane @ 2:42 there’s a loop for few seconds that was sampled. Do you know what the original song was?

[sergioramirez]

thank you for breaking down my favorite track

[OhHeyItsShan]

Love this tracklib inspired video. Please make more!