Fwd: Manu Dibango sampled by....

From: Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Date: Thu Feb 03 2000 - 22:23:54 MET

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    >
    >Unfortunately this hurts me tell you all, if you don't already know.
    >Manu Dibango's "Soul Makossa" has been raped by commercial pop star
    >Jennifer "Big Booty" Lopez and overpaid/ overhyped Big Pun and Fat Joe
    >on their horrible MTV playin' "Feel so Good",it shoul've been called
    >"Feel So Bad" When I heard it. Yuc!!!! . Damn right, I'm mad, when Afro-
    >funk classics like "Soul Makossa" & Fela Kuti are being put to Will
    >Smith, PuffDaddy. R&B Commercial shit. What's next "Expensive Shit"
    >ripped by the next Wil Smith tune, I certainly hope not. I know the rock
    >band Sugar Ray used a part of Hugh Masekela's "Grazing in the grass",
    >which is still hard to take. I will be proud to know that Masters at
    >Work, Idjut Boys, Fazed Action, Ron Trent, Soul Ascendents, etc. have
    >given a respectful tribute to the classic and influential forefathers of
    >Afro- funk!!! They aint fakin' an Afro-funk!
    >

    But, you do realize somebody in the respective organizations has the
    taste to find the rare grooves. And, I for one see another MAW remix
    as nothing special--just not into their house thing. You would also
    think that the audience at large has no idea what the samples are, so
    if someone does track it down they may be in for a learning
    experience. ALL HAIL THE TRAINSPOTTERS!!



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