Salaam Remi On Thief’s Theme vs Hip Hop Is Dead (Video)

Versatile producer and long-time Nas collaborator Salaam Remi shares his thoughts on will.i.am using the very same “Apache” (Iron Butterfly’s “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” yokels)  sample for the title track of Hip Hip Is Dead that Remi had used to create “Thief’s Theme” for Nas merely two years earlier. – SC

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3 Responses to “Salaam Remi On Thief’s Theme vs Hip Hop Is Dead (Video)”

  1. the sample salaam remi used was by Incredible Bongo Band (same group that did “Apache” – same album as a matter of fact). will.i.am used the iron butterfly version with alot of replayed elements

    j clyde said this on January 27th, 2010 at 10:28 am

  2. Interesting. Thanks for upping.

    3l said this on January 27th, 2010 at 8:57 pm

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