Re: Thievery Corporation (long)

discostu@corp.airmedia.com
Mon, 04 Aug 1997 20:51:58 -0400


At 02:57 PM 8/2/97 EDT, Pedro F. Cevallos Jr. wrote:
>On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 13:41:53 -0800 Kevin <kevinf@DNAI.COM> writes:
>>Thievery Corporation - sounds from the Thievery hi-fi
>>* second track: carried by an AIR sample (can't remember the name of
>>the track),

>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?

Well, I've got the vinyl version, and the second track is called '2001
Spliff Odyssey', so that might be an indication... ;)

It's got the rastafarian sample at the beginning, and has the Pink Floyd,
but I didn't hear anything about any white boys...maybe I just skipped over
it though, I scanned through pretty fast...

pax,
Dylan.