Drew (or Marilyn... whichever). Bicentennial baby — born in 1976. Yes, I am that old. Trans girl, happily married, queer, monogamous. Fiction writer, magazine editor, broke-ass struggler. I swear to god I do post things with artistic merit sometimes.
Kendrick Lamar feat. Keith Askey (Butcher Brown) - “i”
Hear ye, hear ye! One of our own, Keith Askey (Butcher Brown guitarist) appears on a brand spankin’ new track by Kendrick Lamar called “i.” Stream it here and say you listened to it first!
The lengthy introduction starts this breezy hip hop tune while Askey’s guitar licks take center stage. “I love myself,” is just the right mantra we’re going for these days. It’s a step beyond “Happy” hopefully with less driving selfies. This sounds like it could have come from Outkast. Is that a Hendrix “Watchtower” sample in there?
Anyway, RVAers are DOIN THANGS and makin some noise. Keep it up dudes and dudettes!
The sample, if there is one, is from “Who’s That Lady?” by the Isley Brothers.* But you know, I don’t think that’s what we’re actually hearing. I think this is one of those situations where the artist has gotten around the issue of sample clearance by having someone else play the riffs they were going to sample (samples require permission, but cover versions don’t). Which would explain why Keith is on this track in the first place.
*–also sampled, back in the days when no one was worried about clearances yet, by the Dust Brothers for the Beastie Boys’ “A Year And A Day.”
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