Re: AJ on TV + More Pharcyde!!! (fwd)

Ben List (ben@eugine.ludens.co.jp)
Wed, 6 Dec 1995 11:44:45 +0900


At 2:03 AM 95.12.6 +0000, Vincent Leo wrote:

>>Madrid, Espana (Spain)

>>
>Sheesh. You'd think anyone who listened to any amount of hip hop
>would realize that the Tricky track is merely a cover of P.E.'s (or,
>I should say PUBLIC ENEMY for those who are completely CLUELESS!!)
>"Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" and that the Pharcyde very cleverly
>(yes, they can be clever) merely redid these lyrics in a humorous way
>because anyone who has EVER listened to hip hop knows these lyrics
>well and where they came from. Kinda reminds me of the nimrod who
>once said upon overhearing a track by Rob Base,"War" (which sampled
>the classic Edwin Starr classic) and said, "Hey, this samples Frankie
>Goes to Hollywood." I'm glad he didn't think Bruce Springsteen
>created this song...
>I wonder if they listen to P.E. in Spain? At least it might explain
>some things...

Dude. Chill.
I can't believe anyone would post something as flammatory as this to
a list on purpose. Talk about "ugly Americanism."

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