Jay-Z has history of using other rappers lyrics, especially Notorious B.I.G., in his own rhymes, leading to accusations of theft, Nas using it against him during their feud on the song Ether. Jay-Z defends himself on "What More Can I Say". He claims when he uses one of Biggie's lyrics he is only honoring his fellow Brooklynite, rapping "I'm not a biter/ I'm a writer/ For myself and others/ I say a B.I.G. verse I'm only biggin' up my brother". The line that follows is one of B.I.G.'s from the song "Rap Phenomenon". "What More Can I Say" also uses the same MFSB sample as "Keep Your Hands High", by Tracey Lee and Biggie.
The B.I.G lyric Jay-Z borrows is "The rings and things you sing about, bring 'em out. It's hard to yell when the bar-rel's in your mouth." A few years later, that lifted lyric was sampled as the chorus for T.I.'s hit "Bring 'Em Out", no obvious reference made to Biggie's original line.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
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Get Moneys
On the new Erykah Badu album, "New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh", there is a song called "Turn Me Away (Get MuNNy)". She more-than-half-half covers the Sylvia Striplin song "You Can't Turn Me Away" (slightly different lyrics), but she also lifts the chorus call-out from one of the many songs that samples Striplin, in this case the Junior M.A.F.I.A./Biggie song, "Get Money".
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