Right around the same time our Jazz Issue hit the stands, our friends over at Blue Note put out Droppin Science: Greatest Samples From the Blue Note Lab. The album features some of the more notable selections from the Blue Note catalog that have been sampled by A Tribe Called Quest, J Dilla, Dr. Dre (shout to Missin Linx) and many more. As a starting point for the sample-hungry, this compilation is terrific, but even for the seasoned jazz lover, these tracks are stellar with or without their sampled history. As an added bonus, veteran west coast DJ and member of the ubiquitous Beat Junkies, J Rocc, did a mix of a bunch of those songs and our friends at Stones Throw just posted it here. We highly recommend listening to both.