Word to the Mutha

Epi # 33 - Outkast

Featured Song of the Week: Sporty Theivz / No Pigeons
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outkast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporty_Thievz
https://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Li-Ou/OutKast.html
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/outkast/ms-jackson
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/441/OutKast-So-Fresh,-So-Clean-Joe-Simon-Before-the-Night-Is-Over/
 

Epi #32 - Usher

Featured Song: Age Aint Nothing But a Number / Chi Ali
 
Show Notes/Oops:
The song "The Many Ways" was incorrectly read as debuting at #67. Shoulda been #167. Oops!
At around 39:53, I incorrectly said the single was called "Here I Come". Should been "Here I Stand". Oops!
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usher_(musician)
https://www.biography.com/musician/usher
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/usher-mn0000303506/biography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-Ali
http://www.mtv.com/news/1441669/ex-rapper-chi-ali-arrested-a-year-after-fleeing-murder-charge/
https://www.mtv.com/news/1695303/chi-ali-daughter-post-incarceration-rapfix-live/

Epi #31 - Foxy Brown

 
Featured song Swing My Way by K.P. and Envyi
 
Show Notes/Corrections
I incorrectly called Foxy Brown's 3rd album Broken Silences, the correct title is Broken Silence.
The song Hot Spots peaked at #91 on the charts, not #1.
 
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxy_Brown_(rapper)
https://www.hiphopscriptures.com/foxy-brown
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/foxy-brown-mn0000800212/biography
https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1996.htm
https://www.ranker.com/list/foxy-brown-vs-lil-kim/anncasano
https://www.mtv.com/news/1535227/foxy-brown-returns-deafness-cured-shes-back-to-work/#:~:text=She%20announced%20she%20was%20suffering,%22
 
 

Epi #30 - One Hit Wonders

Featured Songs:
Ice Ice Baby / Vanilla Ice
They Call Me D-Nice / D-Nice
Whoot There It Is / 95 South
Whoomp, There It Is / Tag Team
My Boo / Ghost Town DJ's
Dazzey Duks / Duice
 
Show Notes:
For the D-Nice song, I mentioned that the Buzzsaw sample was a tiny one but that is clearly a research error as the sample is a large one and clearly a big part of the song.
 
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Ice
https://www.theringer.com/music/2020/10/6/21494291/vanilla-ice-to-the-extreme-ice-ice-baby-history-30th-anniversary
https://www.5280.com/2013/05/whoomp-there-it-was/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Nice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoomp!_(There_It_Is)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoot,_There_It_Is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95_South
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/95-south/whoot-there-it-is#:~:text=Carlos%20Spencer%20of%2095%20South,play%20it%20in%20the%20club.
https://www.spin.com/2016/05/ghost-town-djs-my-boo-oral-history/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Duke

Epi #29 - Salt n Pepa

Featured Song of the Week: Daddy's Little Girl by Nikki D.
 
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt-N-Pepa
https://www.biography.com/news/salt-n-pepa-story-origins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy%27s_Little_Girl_(album)
 

Epi #28 - Jay Z

Featured Song: Ownlee Eue / Kwame
 
 
Show Notes:
Ownlee Eue Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsJwanW7W7o
 
 
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay-Z
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/1996/releases/june-06.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwam%C3%A9
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/19836/Kwam%C3%A9-Ownlee-Eue-Syl-Johnson-Different-Strokes/
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/99779/Kwam%C3%A9-Ownlee-Eue-Bobby-Byrd-I-Know-You-Got-Soul/
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/19837/Kwam%C3%A9-Ownlee-Eue-Bob-James-Take-Me-to-the-Mardi-Gras/ ]
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-jayz/jay-z-defeats-copyright-claims-over-big-pimpin-idUSKCN1IW2QZ
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/jay-z/izzo-hova

Epi # 27 - Erykah Badu

Featured Song of the Week: Blu Cantrell  / "Hit Em Up Style - Oops!"
 
Show Notes: The sample used on the Window Seat single was actually called "Turn Me Away".
 
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu_Cantrell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_in_music#February
https://www.biography.com/musician/erykah-badu
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/25/erykah-badu-the-godmother-of-soul

Epi #26 - 2Pac

 
Featured Song of the Week: Positive K  / I Got A Man
 
 
 
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Shakur
https://www.biography.com/musician/tupac-shakur
https://2pac.com/us/biography
https://www.whosampled.com/Positive-K/I-Got-a-Man/
https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/25-years-later-tupac-shakurs-las-vegas-murder-is-still-unsolved/article_c5710dda-1033-11ec-a3bc-5b39fe0cd403.html
 
 

Epi #25 - Missy Elliott

Featured Song Gangsta Bitch / Apache
 
 
Sources
https://theboombox.com/apache-dead/
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/108392/Apache-Gangsta-Bitch-Chicago-Gangsters-Gangster-Boogie/
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/19924/Apache-Gangsta-Bitch-Little-Feat-Fool-Yourself/
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/4996/Apache-Gangsta-Bitch-Monty-Alexander-Love-and-Happiness/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy_Elliott

Epi #24 - Dru Hill

 
Featured Song: Special Ed / I'm the Magnificent
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sources:
https://www.liveabout.com/dru-hill-profile-2851228
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dru_Hill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Ed_(rapper)
https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-fudgery-close-advance-20180908-story.html