there was rap in the fifties?

slelica Wrote: there was rap in the fifties?

my thoughts exactly!!

no...hahah, I mean what rap or rock song "NOW" do you like that was originally a 50's 60's or even the 80's song, such as ja-rule's the raign, the beat is originally the Toto song africa, you see, like that.

slelica Wrote: there was rap in the fifties?

No, but there was music in the fifties and that's all rap needs to rip off.

van halens cover of roy orbisons pretty women is good.
so is jimi hendix cover of bob dylans all along the watch tower and like a rolling stone (still not as good as the orignal.)
guns and roses cover of bob dylans knocking on heavans door was alright.
tom petty and the heartbreakers cover of i think its the thunderbirds song something in the air was good.

all good cover songs.

ShadowSong Wrote: slelica Wrote: there was rap in the fifties? No, but there was music in the fifties and that's all rap needs to rip off.

good point. like vannilla ices rip off off david bowie and queens under pressure.

Buy any of P-Diddy's songs. You can hear him remaster some classics, and you can hear him destroy a few classics...

He's not that bad tho..

Jin and Guice by Snoop Dogg seems to have an original one. But iam not sure when that was released...sounds pretty old to me.

blade-tsung Wrote: Buy any of P-Diddy's songs. You can hear him remaster some classics, and you can hear him destroy a few classics... He's not that bad tho..

what songs did he remaster?

Well this isn't exactly a cover, but a lyrical resurrectionof sorts: the song "Another Day, Another Vendetta". by Hatebreed contains lyrics from the title track of Sick of it All song "Just Look Around". As the liner notes to the Hatebreed CD containing this song say in reference to these lyrics, they are as true and meaningful today, if not more so, as when the SOIA song was written in '92. I advise you to check them out.

Aerosmith's "Dream On" in Eminem's "Sing for the Moment" and "Theme of Silent Hill" and "Theme of Laura" (not so old) in Akira Yamanoke(?)'s "Your Rain", "I Want Love", "Hometown", and "Waiting For You." Just a SH thing, I guess. That's all I can think of off the top of my head. Fatality.

afghanblade Wrote: Jin and Guice by Snoop Dogg seems to have an original one. But iam not sure when that was released...sounds pretty old to me.

Yes that one is original. About 90% of all rap uses sampled music, talk about talent.