re: the aformentioned obsession with Steely Dan.
It strikes me that haters might not realize that throughout the years the songs they loved were ripping the Dan off. Anyone well enough acquainted with both genres will note the samples used, but most will just assume that various artists capitalized on a random sample from a random song that no one had ever heard of. Now I’m not implying that this is what the artists themselves felt – merely their listening public.
With the advent of King Kanye sampling SD I think it’s important to post a couple of the better known tracks in question.
And let it be known this doesn’t piss Donald, Walter, or me (inconsequentially) off. When someone asked them about it Donald apparently started singing “uptown baby, uptown baby”.
Here you go – Remix first, then original.
Off ‘Graduation’ and ‘The Royal Scam’ Respectively
Off ‘Make it Begin’ and ‘Aja’ Respectively
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz – Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)
Off ‘3 feet High and Rising’ and ‘Aja’ Respectively
And finally, off their debut self-titled album that forever rocked the world of music… (and SD’s album “The Royal Scam”)
Notaste Hack 