Snap! The Power, the lies, the samples, the breakdown

A pioneering Europop / hiphop smash, Snap's "The Power" spent as much time in the law courts as the charts because of the samples it is built on. Find out why Chaka Khan was nearly on the record, and the woman in the video is not. The Bob James / Adam F sample breakdown video metioned:    • Adam F "Circles" sample breakdown. Paying ...   A playlist of more of this sort of thing:    • Sample Breakdowns   Chapters: 00:00 Introduction- The Power' has a weird backstory 00:20 Jocelyn Brown is a lot more than this one sample 01:27 Sven Vath, The Omen, and producer pseodonyms 03:08 Chill Rob G's Vocals and Additional Samples 03:40 The Chaka connection, how Penny Ford ended up on the track 04:47 The rocky start of the White Label release 05:32 Chill Rob G's Side of the Story 06:58 Who Was Turbo B? 07:40 MC Scat Kat Connection 08:24 Two Versions Fighting in the US Charts 08:43 The Russian Spoken Intro explained 09:01 Milli Vanilli Fallout & Penny Ford stops just cashing the cheques