French Electro duo, Justice, rose to prominence in the early-2000s, crafting some of the most cutting edge sounds in the electronic music scene to date. Releasing two studio albums, ten EPs, the Across the Universe filmography, and more, the talented Frenchmen have received praise all around the world.

One of the most impressive qualities of the skilled producers lies within their tremendous ability to sample older music and create incredible scores of sound. This is certainly apparent throughout their debut studio album, † (Cross), as the Ed Banger musicians extract noises from 50 Cent’s In Da Club, Boney M.’s Sunny, David Shire’s Night on Disco Mountain, and more. Tune in below as we trace how these brilliant artists sampled musical greats from many different genres, backgrounds, and more.

While this list doesn’t include every sample (though, it does include speculated samples and other pieces of work they may have been inspired by), we hope this will give you a better idea of the Frenchmen’s sampling work:

† (Cross)

Genesis

• 50 Cent – In Da Club
• Prince – I Wanna Be Your Lover
• Queen – The Flash
• Slipknot – ?

Let There Be Light

• Scenario Rock – Skitzo Dancer

D.A.N.C.E.

• Bomb the Bass – On The Cut
• Boney M. – Sunny
• Brittany Spears – Me Against the Music
• Donna Summer – Dim All the Lights
• Simon Harris – Fx & Scratches (Vol. 1), Radio Tuning
• Sister Sledge – We Are Family
• Skee-lo – I Wish

Newjack

• Apple Inc. – Computer Data 03.aif
• The Brothers Johnson – You Make Me Wanna Wiggle

Phantom

• Claudio Simonetti, Massimo Morante, and Fabio Pignatelli – Tenebrae

Phantom Pt. II

• Boney M. – Sunny
• Claudio Simonetti, Massimo Morante, and Fabio Pignatelli – Tenebrae
• Patrice Rushen – Forget Me Nots

Valentine

• Brittany Spears – Me Against the Music
• The Killers – The Ballad of Michael Valentine

Tthhee Ppaarrttyy

• Brittany Spears – Me Against the Music
• Three 6 Mafia – Stay Fly

DVNO

• None found.

Stress

• David Shire – Night on Disco Mountain
• Devo – Jocko Homo

Waters of Nazareth

• Booka – Mutoto

One Minute To Midnight

• None found.

Audio, Video, Disco

Horsepower

• Yellow Magic Orchestra – Technopolis
• Andy Gibb – Shadow Dancing

Civilization

• Status Quo – Ice in the Sun
• The Who – Baba O’Riley

Ohio

• David Crosby – Orleans

Canon (Primo)

• The Brothers Johnson – Strawberry Letter 23

Canon

• The Brothers Johnson – Strawberry Letter 23

On’n’On

• None found.

Brianvision

• None found.

Parade

• Queen – We Will Rock You

New Lands

• Vicarious Bliss – Limousine (Dub Version)

Helix

• AC/DC – Two’s Up
• Billy Ocean – Loverboy
• Van Halen – Mean Street

Audio, Video, Disco

• None found.

Stay tuned for more information as Justice plans the release of their next album.

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