Home / Music / Cymande's recordings became hip-hop sample gold for De La Soul and the FugeesMusic linernotes album music cymandeCymande's recordings became hip-hop sample gold for De La Soul and the FugeesCymande’s recordings from Second Time Round and their debut have been extensively sampled by hip-hop artists including De La Soul and the Fugees. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesCymande leaned into reggae on Tough GongCymande is pronounced sih-MAHN-dayCymande's Tough Gong title nods to Bob Marley's Tuff Gong studioCymande's Second Time Round fuses funk with Caribbean rhythmsTough Gong blends funk, reggae, and calypso into Afro-Caribbean soulExploreBeethoven's Grosse Fuge was booted from its own quartet by the publisherThe Harder They Come soundtrack belongs to a 1972 Jamaican crime filmBeethoven's Op. 74 is called the 'Harp' quartet for its pizzicato arpeggiosLee Perry's Black Ark 'holy trinity' includes Police and Thieves, Party Time, and War Ina BabylonSix Japanese Gardens is scored for percussion and electronicsPrevious Cymande's Second Time Round came out in 1973 on Janus RecordsNext Cymande were British musicians of Caribbean descent based in London