Another classic by the Steve Miller Band is receiving new life in a hip-hop song.
The “Take the Money and Run” singer’s 1977 No. 2 hit “Fly Like an Eagle” has turned up in “It’s Time,” a new track by hip-hop legend’s Nas & DJ Premier. The song is sampled so heavily in the track that the Steve Miller Band receives a featuring credit.
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Miller recently took to the Steve Miller Band’s official Instagram account to acknowledge the track. “Happy to be part of @nas and @djpremier's new album Light-Years. Here’s “It’s Time” featuring the Steve Miller Band. Wishing them great success! @massappealrecs,” he posted on Dec. 12.
was greeted with mostly positive reactions by fans, but there were some that called out the continued usage of Miller’s music in hip-hop tracks.
Among those praising the mashup was rapper/DJ D-Nice. “Never in my life did I think THEE Steve Miller would post about anything hiphop! Man, I love life! Sir, you are part of the culture,” he wrote.
However, another fan was quick to point out that several other hip-hop artists have sampled Miller’s music over the years, including Eminem, who had a big hit in 2024 with his song “Houdini,” which interpolates the Steve Miller Band’s 1982 chart-topper “Abracadabra,” not to be confused with the recent Lady Gaga song of the same name.
“@dnice@eminem did it earlier in 24 hence @nas followed. It ain’t paying respect. It’s just using and being able to add a few more 0’s,” the fan wrote, suggesting that Nas and DJ Premier are just trying to cash in, following Eminem’s success sampling a Miller track.
Others, however, praised the sample in the song, including Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst. “??? incredible collab,” he wrote.
“Incredible flip of a legendary song. Y’all are the best for clearing it ??????,” added another fan.
“Great song! Always wondered why this wasn’t sampled before – elite,” another wrote.
Other fans, however, rightly pointed out that this is not the first time that Miller’s “Fly Like an Eagle” has been sampled in a hip-hop track.
“It was… in 86 by Biz Markie and Marley Marl,” one fan wrote.
“Been sampled many, many times ?,” another added.
“It’s been sampled COUNTLESS times over the years,” another fan piled on.
“That’s awesome of Steve Miller to be open minded to a hip hop artist. The Joker and other songs of his have been breakbeat records since the beginning of hip hop. Steve Miller band that soul flavor too!!!????????,” another fan added, pointing out that Miller’s music has long been a source of samples for hip-hop tracks in the past.
View this post on InstagramIndeed, long before Eminem’s “Houdini,” Miller’s music has turned up in several hip-hop and electronic music records, per Rolling Stone, including Fatboy Slim’s 1998 hit “Praise You,” which cops the clavinet lines from “Lucky Man,” and Shaggy’s “Angel,” which borrows the bass riff from “The Joker.”
Other songs that sample “Fly Like an Eagle” include N.W.A’s 1988 track “Gangsta Gangsta” and Biz Markie’s “Nobody Beast the Biz” from 1987.
Outkast and the Beastie Boys took things a step further, sampling multiple Miller tracks in their “Claimin’ True” and “3-Minute Rule,” respectively, while Luniz zeroed in on “Jungle Love” for 1995’s “I Got 5 on It.”
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