Cam'ron vs....Dre Dog?
I was recently exposed (no homo) for the first time to Children of the Corn. No, not the movie (which is teh rox0rz, btw), but the rap group. The group featured a few big names: Big L, Cam'ron, and Ma$e, among others. According to Wikipedia, the group formed in the early 1990's, led by Big L. They soon disbanded due to different reasons, most notably death, but in 2003 22 of their tracks were put together to compile a "collectors edition". I highly recommend the album as a whole, but this post is about something much more specific. While jamming to its funky grooves, I found myself bouncing to a familiar beat:
Sound familiar? If it doesn't, let me pose a follow up question: are you my friend? I actually mean that, not in a mean way. Anyone who's not one of my (many) newly acquired acquaintances from college should know where this beat comes from, but if somehow you don't:
Is this a sample? Or, is this a stolen beat? If the latter, who used it first? Dre Dog, a.k.a Andre Nickatina, released "Smoke Dope and Rap" in 1993 on New Jim Jones, while Children of the Corn formed sometime in the early 90's, but their first official CD wasn't released until 2003, but Big L died in 1999, and Bloodshed died in 1997, and I just fartedaaaugggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!eoneon11!eeleven!1
I feel like I'm setting myself up for a colossal embarassment here, like people who claim Ice Cube ripped "it's like a jungle sometimes..." from Andre Nickatina. Assholes.
If anyone can dig anything up about this, please let me know.
Speaking of Ice Cube, here's his new video to "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" (how's that for a fucking segway???///.slashslsahs.///??):
I can't tell if the video is overkill, or perfect. In any respect, it's good to see Ice Cube up to his old tricks.
Here's the track.
It also gives me a good line the next time I forget to take out the trash.
