Rap Covers

[KDB]

I heard "Gucci Time" today. Schoolly seemed pretty concerned about the biting.

[El Negro Magnifico!]

Originally Posted by fantasygoat

Best rap cover ever is Snoop's Gin and Juice done by the Soggy Bottom Boys.

Originally Posted by KDB

I think it's funny that rap is so concerned about biting, when (at least early on) all they did was take samples of other people music. So biting is just about lyrics?

And The Gourds did the Gin & Juice cover, though I've seen it attributed to two dozen different bands...

Yup, definitely the Gourds.
Lyrics, style...that's what it was about as far as I can tell. The sampling comes from the looping of a "break", the pivotal point of record. Essentially, you're taking the dopest part of a record, and making a new composition. But that's looking at it really simply...I'm sure a number of us could go on and on about re-contextualizing, but it gets people bored/angry.

[El Negro Magnifico!]

My favorite covers:



Check Your Head:
A number of you don't need me to tell you how dope a photographer Glen E. Friedman is. That shot is iconic to me.
The big thing here for me is Haze's handstyle, which is all over this release, and a number of pieces related to the album (including the Skills to Pay the Bills home video and the Pass the Mic maxi-single). I was a casual graf head before this, but this album showed me just how much someone's handwriting can be captivating. I scanned the cassette release over and over the way some folks would gaze at album gatefolds. This design as influenced me big time, especially here.

Which Doobie U B?:
Glenn Barr became one of my favorite painters because of this album. This cover was head and shoulders above most of the stuff I was listening to. It perfectly captures the sleazy fun of Funkdoobiest's first release. Glenn can draw hot chicks in his sleep.

[George W Bush]

lol.

none of you would last 2 minutes in the sub-literate fantasy ghetto prison shitworld this crap promotes. Its on par with pedophilia or nazi fantasies.

fucking disgusting.

[El Negro Magnifico!]

Who's fantasizing? I love the music. Way to generalize, dude.

[S.Blake]

The ATCQ covers are great. Props to them for sticking to a theme...


And so on...





This one always worked for me...

Great GREAT album too boot!

Another great album.. but I've ALWAYS hated this cover...

[S.Blake]

Originally Posted by George W Bush

lol.

none of you would last 2 minutes in the sub-literate fantasy ghetto prison shitworld this crap promotes. Its on par with pedophilia or nazi fantasies.

fucking disgusting.

Uh. That is fucked up. I don't know what to say. Yeesh?

[El Negro Magnifico!]

What can be said? Different strokes.
All I know is, rap music has lead me to other forms of music. I no longer defend the genre, because doing so bores me to tears, and I've been doing since '87.
If it's still bugging folks, I figure it's still doing something right. But, whatever.
I need a got-damn sandwich.

[S.Blake]

Anyone remember Y.A.G.G.F.U. FRONT?



Lame cover but man that album ruled!

[El Negro Magnifico!]

Originally Posted by S.Blake

Anyone remember Y.A.G.G.F.U. FRONT?



Lame cover but man that album ruled!

Yup. In the past few years, I've been hearing a number of joints from that. Great humor and beats.