Wildflower (1972/1973/1996)

“Wildflower“ has been covered by many artists, including Color Me Badd, Hank Crawford, Johnny Mathis, Lisa Fischer, Gary Morris, New Birth, The O’Jays,[11] Marlena Shaw, Lana Wolf, and Silk.[12] The Gary Morris version of the song was released as a single in 1986, and reached number 21 on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart in February of that year.[13] The Hank Crawford recording of “Wildflower“ was sampled by Tupac Shakur on his song “Shorty Wanna Be a Thug“ and by Kanye West and Paul Wall on their song “Drive Slow“;[14] This track was used by a young Eminem on The Slim Shady EP in 1997 with the track “No One’s Iller“.[15] The Hank Crawford cover was also more recently sampled by Boi-1da on the Lil Wayne Feature “Miss Me“ from labelmate Drake’s debut album Thank Me Later[16] and in 2009 by J. Cole for his track “Dreams“ from his mixtape The Warm Up.[17] In 2017, it was covered by Arnel Pineda of Journey and serves as the main the