<< My brother and I were talking about that "got too many white boys"
sample. Our first reaction was that it was racist. I know that both of
the Corporation boys are hispanic, but then my brother remembered that
joints are also refered to as "white boys". It kind of makes sense
contextually with all that rastafari ambience. >>
I think the track is one of the best on the CD, but the "white boys" sample
makes no sense if it refers to reefer. Not trying to start a druggie
discussion, but if reefer is widely accepted in the rastafari environment,
how can you have "too many"?
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From: cevallos@juno.com (Pedro F. Cevallos Jr.)
To: HEADZ@217.METADESIGN.COM, acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Date: 97-08-02 15:04:46 EDT
On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 13:41:53 -0800 Kevin <kevinf@DNAI.COM> writes:
>Thievery Corporation - sounds from the Thievery hi-fi
>total time: 66.59
>
>track summary:
>
>* second track: carried by an AIR sample (can't remember the name of
>the track),
Maybe Air sampled it too, but the original is "Breathe" by Pink Floyd off
"Dark Side of the Moon".
>nice beats, some scratching, some vocal samples (rastafarian &
>metaphysical stuff followed by hip hop 'got too many white boys...').
>if you like AIR and you like vocal samples (and aren't offended by the
>white boy thing), this track's for you.
My brother and I were talking about that "got too many white boys"
sample. Our first reaction was that it was racist. I know that both of
the Corporation boys are hispanic, but then my brother remembered that
joints are also refered to as "white boys". It kind of makes sense
contextually with all that rastafari ambience. I don't know...just a
thought. Maybe they were being racist. Anybody else have a different
explanation?
Peace,
Pedro Cevallos
-- People have more respect for a holy book, than they do for a cow on a meat hook. -- KRS One -- Finger cevallos@cat.net for PGP key. http://www.cat.net/~cevallos