Re: Root Down is NOT a BEastie Boys Original

Date: 2 Jun 2003 14:49:42 -0700
Newsgroups: rec.music.phish
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email-address-deleted (Golgi19) wrote in message news:<email-address-deleted>...
> >
> >It is an original by Jimmy Smith (organ), The Beastie Boys do a cover of it
> >. His CD of it is available.
> >Root Down is NOT a Beastie Boys Original
>
> actually....while the beastie boys version is based on a sample of jimmy smiths
> organ from his version....the beastie boys made up the lyrics themselves.
>
> i count root down as a beastie's original...
I didn't know "Kashmir" and "Every Breath you Take" were P-Diddy
originals...
shit, the stuff you can learn from RMP is amazing.
I'm going home and make up a lyric to rap over "First Tube".
"This beat could win me the Grammy!!! This beat could win me the
Grammy!!!! This beat could win me the Grammy!!!!" ~~Mike Patton
(original)