According to Mark Katz,
Marley Marl in 1986 "became the first hip-hop producer to sample and reconfigure a recorded drum break" when he used the drum break from "Impeach the President" as the instrumental basis for
MC Shan's song "The Bridge". In 1987,
Audio Two used a two-second sample of "Impeach the President" on the song "Top Billin'".
Digital Underground sampled the song on "Flowin' on the D-Line" from their 1991 album
Sons of the P. In 1992,
Tuff City Records sued
Sony Music and
Def Jam Records, alleging that samples of "Impeach the President" were used in
L.L. Cool J's songs "
Around the Way Girl" and "
6 Minutes of Pleasure", as well as
EPMD's "
Give the People". In a commentary in
Billboard magazine, Aaron Fuchs, president of Tuff City Records, stated that he charged a "low four-figure sum ... (three figures and less for indie labels)" to license "Impeach the President".
Digable Planets sampled the song in "
Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" in 1993. A
Sprite commercial in 1995 featured
Large Professor and
Grand Puba freestyling over the song's
breakbeat. The song was also sampled in
Shaggy's song
Luv Me, Luv Me(1998) "Impeach the President" was among the samples used in
Nas's song "
I Can". ==See also==