{"id":628,"date":"2018-09-16T22:29:48","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T22:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/?p=628"},"modified":"2018-09-17T15:34:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T15:34:30","slug":"slickrickbiggiesmalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/blog-08\/slickrickbiggiesmalls\/","title":{"rendered":"La-Di-Da-Di\/Hypnotize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: La-Di-Da-Di\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0WYu233HGAjMAu9UK5iHtS?si=_j86xUhQRCai9sDSF6zp9Q&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Hypnotize - 2014 Remaster\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/7KwZNVEaqikRSBSpyhXK2j?si=VaHJADebSYSlD7DT3mv5gQ&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We have talked a decent amount about sampling and covers, but we have not talked about the middle ground between the two: namely, interpolation. Interpolation is a method of hip-hop sampling in which an artist takes a melody or a set of lyrics from an older songs and re-performs the melody and\/or lyrics back again on their own in a different song context. Even though interpolation is closer to sampling in terms of replaying a small portion of a song in a new context, it is closer to to a cover, (as discussed in the Studio 1A blog) because it can either be a great representation of the original song, or it can trigger a costly lawsuit (as happened to Drake in YG&#8217;s hit Who Do You Love), or it can end up overshadowing the original song, as happened with Notorious B.I.G. posthumous mega-hit, Hypnotize.<\/p>\n<p>In the song, Biggie interpolates a line from a Slick Rick (another seminal rapper) song: La-Di-Da-Di. The song&#8217;s hook (La-Di-Da-Di, we like to party) has been sampled many times in hip-hop music, but Biggie takes a different line. When Slick Rick says &#8220;Ricky Ricky Ricky, can&#8217;t you see? Somehow your words just hypnotize me, and I just love your jazzy ways, oh MC Rick my love is here to stay,&#8221; Biggie changes the line to the (now ubiquitous) &#8220;Biggie Biggie Biggie, can&#8217;t you see? Somehow your words just hypnotize me, and I just love your flashy ways, I guess that&#8217;s why they&#8217;re broke and you&#8217;re so paid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When Notorious B.I.G. changed the line, (it was to be originally performed by him, but it ended up being performed by singer Pamela Long) he made it even more famous then it&#8217;s original location. Many people now don&#8217;t even know about the Slick Rick song where the line came from. It is interesting to observe instances in music where a sample, interpolation or cover ends up being more famous in its sampled, interpolated or covered location, and why this phenomenon happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have talked a decent amount about sampling and covers, but we have not talked about the middle ground between the two: namely, interpolation. Interpolation is a method of hip-hop sampling in which an artist takes a melody or a set of lyrics from an older songs and re-performs the melody and\/or lyrics back again [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-blog-08","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":632,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions\/632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}