A little while ago there was a debate in the comment section over what song Swizz Beats sampled for his new song with Lil Wayne, Up In The Club.
Truth is, I thought I had heard the song before but I couldn't tell from where or from what group.
Then, I figured it out....
Space - "Female of the Species"
Space is one of those forgotten Brit-Pop bands of the mid-90s. There was a time when I was really into Brit-Pop, but damn, they are not part of the Blur-Oasis-Pulp canon by any stretch of the imagination.
From Wiki -
"Space were an indie rock band from Liverpool, England, who came to prominence in the mid-1990s with hit singles such as "Female of the Species", "Neighbourhood" and "Avenging Angels". The basis of their sound has inspirations from late 1960s-early 1970s rock groups mixed with black humoured lyrics and peculiar vocal/music samples."
"Female of the Species" was released as the band's fourth single and second single proper from their debut album Spiders on May 27, 1996, making #14 in the UK charts. [The song] was used in the 1997 film The Matchmaker starring Janeane Garofalo; as well as during the end credits of the popular movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery."
Shout out to Swizz for digging extremely deep on the other side of the Atlantic.
Friday, January 9, 2009
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6 comments:
Dayum! This is not a "sampling" this is a "beat-jack" straight-up! Props to Swizz for finding it BUT man I bet he gets NO publishing off this track, LOL!
Craig aka The Absent Blogger
"beat jack" - ha!
Swizz is good for those
still, the fact he knew to sample it is good
and i guarantee you more artists (like Space) will clear their songs when they see how this usage gives old songs new life at iTunes and Amazon
Man I LOVE this song and love that musical era. Clever lyrics, great production, actual melodies and changes. Nice.
damn
i can't believe Jack White stole this. and I REMEMBER THIS SONG!!!!!
Craig called it, this is a straight up jack! Dude just took the original and put a break beat behind it. Swizz pulled a Coolio! Somebody throw the flag, where's the hip hop ref when we need 'em?
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