 It contains samples from "Funky President" by James Brown, "Don't Change Your Love" by Five Stairsteps, "Make Me Say it Again, Girl" by Isley Brothers, "You Can't Turn Me Away" by Sylvia Striplin and "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel.Pete Rock made a remix that samples Cannonball Adderley's "74 Miles Away".It was certified Platinum by the RIAA and has sold over 1,100,000 copies in the United States.