Beenie Man's "Romie" continues to live on - gets sampled on Big Sean's album

Twenty years after its release, Romie by Beenie Man has been sampled by American rapper Big Sean on his song "Bigger Than Me".

Bigger Than Me is the 14th track on Big Sean’s "I Decided" album, which was released by Good Music/Def Jam) on February 3.

Romie was recorded in 1996 and released in 1997. It was produced by Shocking Vibes Productions and made Beenie Man’s album, Maestro, a Grammy nominee for Best Reggae Album.

This is the second Beenie Man song sampled by a high-profile rapper within a year. Last April, Canadian rapper Drake sampled Tear Off Mi Garment for the track Controlla which reached number 16 on the Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart and number five on the R&B Hip-Hop Songs Chart.

Big Sean, who is signed to Kanye West’s Good Music label, is known for hits such as My Last (featuring Chris Brown), Marvin And Chardonnay (featuring West) and Beware (with Lil Wayne and Jhene Aiko).

Listen Big Sean's "I Decided" album below:

He has won two BET Awards and six BET Hip Hop Awards.

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