if u listen close to it, its way ahead of its time. dont watch the video, that confuses the fact of how awesome this shit is. billy can make some shreding music.
I love Billy, but there's no WAY you can listen to this song and then to a song like Jay-Z's '99 problems' and not see how transformative it is, beat wise. Same with Run-DMC's 'Here we go'. Sure, they sample, but they take the original and transform it, giving it a totally different context. T.S. Eliot once wrote that 'Good poets borrow, great poets steal'. What he meant of course was that truly great artists build on what has come before and transform it and make it into something new or better
Don't hate. Rappers sampled because they were poor and no one could afford "real" instruments. Different story now, of course, since it's big money. Timbaland is a motherfucking thief, yes; Run-DMC, not so much.
@FordOfTheLies Absolutely ridiculous statement. Could not afford "real" instruments...Stop Appeasing. Countless great musicians came from dirt poor conditions to rise up thru hard work and honing their craft. Sampling in Hip Hop is nothing more than laziness and creating the quick way...without any real work involved in creating the music. And no putting forced rhymed moronic lyrics to already created music is not writing a song.
You Ignorant People Must realize us Rappers pump life back in tha masters and keep them alive! sure the originals gonna always sound tha best because of perfection$.thats what draw us to them idiotz! DJ Clear
You Ignorant People Must realize us Rappers pump life back in tha mastersvand keep them alive! sure the originals gonna always sound tha best because of perfection$.thats what draw us to them idiotz! DJ Clear
Rap is the most unoriginal form of "music". Most of it is based on someone else's original song (which is often much better than its crappy rap version)
@Technolojesus Rap has less to do with the music and more to do with the lyrics. It's an art form and the only reason why rappers use different beats is to break the monotony or slow down/speed up the pace. You don't like it because you can't understand it, which is why many people HATE rock and roll, and millions of other things in life...
In rap. this easily was the most sampled beat intro. As rap always utilized the most hitting beats at the time. Interesting enough Rock groups at this time following the works of Queen gave rap the backbone tracks to write lyrics too. who wouldve thought in Rocks darkest hour, it would be rap that would give Rock its legs again, revitalizing the Beat that became lost overtime in big hair band ballads.
Yo listen. This is one of the first # 1 hip hop beats that rappers rapped off at the jams out in the parks. Cutting it up just the way Jam Master Jay did it on "Here We Go!
is rock n roll dead,seams like hiphop is going to be here forever,hiphop is universal,it appeals to the whole galaxy,it embraces all forms of music,you can take any form of music and turn it into a hiphop classic,love it or leave it alone.peace 2 tha hiphop garden of eden,NYC
@MrJames07111 Just because it "embraces" all forms of music in no way makes it the best genre. Even if it takes a beat, or a guitar riff or some other little thing from an older song..still that's just one little part in an entire 3:00 (give or take) song. And just because you "sample" someone's song in NO way means that you are "embracing" that form of music. It's REALLY easy to sample an older song and make it into a hit than lets' say coming up with your own beat or riff
@Princeboy99 Sampling can be just as musical and creative as compostition. I do both and am a classically trained musician who plays woodwinds and the bass guitar. Sampling cheapily is easily, but really reworking something until it becomes your own is hard. a perfect example is this (the song that uses this loop sucks but the loop itself is genus) /watch?v=uqiF3IBoMNk
@AcebeatGroup That's the dumbest I ever heard of. Sampling is not creative because sampling very literally side steps any creative process. One literally "takes" a sample. No one ever creates a sample. That's kind of the point.
@AcebeatGroup Probably the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Sampling is the lazy person's way of making a song. Stop the Appeasment of the Rap/Hip-Hop community please, there has been too much of it already. That;s like another poster who said you don't have to play an instrument to be called a musician...and no a singer is a vocalist, not a musician.
@200markob sampling, like any creative technique, can be lazily or creatively. Stop appeasing the Rockist community and open your mind buddy. Music is not a sport, it is art. What you said is like saying modern art isn't real art because it doesnt use color and shape in the same way
Those crapy rappers wouldnt have any material if it wasnt for rockers like Billy Squier! RAP-SUCKS, ROCK RULES!! I feel sorry for people who arnt old enough to remember when Billy Squire was on the radio!!!!!
@honkinjeff If rap sucks and rock rules but black people mainly were the inventors of rock in roll does that mean rock and roll also sux?! Before you think this is some kid im 40 sir.
@vamtheanomaly Since you need to point out that you were 40 and not some kid, then you also must think that your argument is so shallow that it can be made by some kid.
honkinjeff did not mention anything about black people and their influence on different types of music. You can't make an argument that he dislikes rap because you correlate it to a group of people, that YOU don't even KNOW that he likes or dislikes.
@readyaimjayson Thank you for pointing out the facts of what he did not mention as well as avoiding the my question. As for "You can't make an argument that he dislikes rap because you correlate it to a group of people, that YOU don't even KNOW that he likes or dislikes." Well sir I did. Whether you think the argument is shallow or not, he / you answer my question first. :)
@readyaimjayson I get tired of non rap artists making their comments on stuff like this and its always the same. Rap sux, rap is crap, N music , etc. So i step in with a lil bit o history and then we get this. I may not know what he likes or dislikes but his "Those crapy rappers wouldnt have any material if it wasnt for rockers like Billy Squier! RAP-SUCKS, ROCK RULES!! Kind of lets the reader know he DOESNT LIKE RAP or think it sucks. Good try though, you almost had a reasonable defense :)
@vamtheanomaly I didn't say that he made it very vague whether he likes or dislikes rap. I mean, it's pretty obvious. I'm just somewhat confused on why you had to include "the influence of black people in music" in your assumption that he dislikes rap/rock because of black people.
Although, I do understand that you strongly dislike "haters" with no credible background or experience towards something, but isn't that what you are also doing? Are you an advocate or historian of black history?
@readyaimjayson He simply said "RAP-SUCKS" which is FINE and fair for him to have said opinion. How do you take someone saying " X sucks". It means they dont like whatever preceeds the word "sucks". I was saying that. The term "rock and roll" was a black colloquial term for "sex" as well as having roots in Blues music. American music was influenced by Blues which was influenced by Slave Songs or "Negro Spirituals",hence my comment. Hip hop and rap was influenced by the same music so there you go
@vamtheanomaly For someone who knows so much about the black influence in music (sincerely saying that it's a good thing), I'm surprised that you continue to dodge my question as to WHY you needed to present those facts when honkinjeff did not say "Rap sucks because black people suck."
@readyaimjayson Im not dodging a question at all. The reason WHY i presented those facts is basically this.We are having a bad communication problem.I will try to simplify.Check his original statement that started our convo."Those crapy rappers wouldnt have any material if it wasnt for rockers like Billy Squier!"I didnt say I think that HE thinks black people suck.I dont care about that.
@readyaimjaysonI know he didnt say BLACK people suck.He said rap sucks.After my facts were presented I find it hard to see HOW someone could love rock n roll,but say rap sucks since ROCK was originally from black people who ALSO created rap.It was mainly a thought check.Its like someone from the USA hating how British people talk when America CAME from England.Get it?Idc if he thinks rap sux or black people sux,but hating rap and claiming rock n roll is better is hypocritical.Thanks for civility
@vamtheanomaly Just because one thing originates from the same place as another doesn't mean it's the same quality. Thats like saying how you can't see how anyone who loves Mork and Mindy could hate Joanie loves Chachie.
@vamtheanomaly : Well, rock was actually equal parts country and blues, while rap is strictly created by blacks... Also, I know people who dislike rap because it relies more on samples/beats than actual instrumentation... that's a turn-off for some people...
@DeepSouthWrestling1 "Well rock was actually equal parts country and blues"...and where does country and blues come from? :) And yes some people dont like sampling which is fine, but my point still stands.
@vamtheanomaly : Let's see... Country is influenced by several forms of immigrant music (Irish, German, Italian, Spanish, African), but it's main body would come from Appalachian folk music. The Blues came from former slaves. I'm not sure of your point, however... if you like one you should like the other because they both originate from blacks?
@DeepSouthWrestling1 Close. You dont have to LIKE one or the other. The whole debate of this got started from my first post which was a reply to honkinjeff "Those crapy rappers wouldnt have any material if it wasnt for rockers like Billy Squier! RAP-SUCKS, ROCK RULES!! I feel sorry for people who arnt old enough to remember when Billy Squire was on the radio!!!!!"Saying rappers wouldnt have any material if not for rock is kind of ridiculous yes? Then after that the whole convo took off.
@DeepSouthWrestling1 lmao rock wasn't part country and blues buddy.... it was ALL blues, it was actually directly "borrowed" (stolen) from black artists, even early white rockers will admit that they took black artists songs and re-recorded them because people wanted to hear the music only if white people made it... lol country is just plain crap that probably offshooted from blues or folk or something
@DeepSouthWrestling1 The blues obviously played a huge influence in country, though, as well as gaining a lot of its style through the use of the banjo itself-- an African-American instrument. I'm not sure what the point is in trying to deny the influence.
@honkinjeff Had you said those crapy rappers wouldnt have any material if it weren't for James Brown, then you might be able to make an argument. But if you are talking about REAL hip-hop (not the bullshit you currently hear on the radio) ... it sampled from ALL music, certainly not just rock. Beastie Boys Pauls Boutique and DeLa Soul's Three Feet High and Rising were innovative masterpieces of collaged sound. But i do agree with you that radio hip-hop sucks and billy squire rules!
youz guys r stoopid! If ya gotta sample this than clearly ya aint got the talent!try puttin a guitar in yo hand and a mic to your mouth and see what happens!
@pablosux If you put a guitar in my hand I can play it reasonably well. and I also produce hip hop a little. So fuck off with this "hip hop producers are just guys who can't play instruments" attitude. Sampling can be an art form. Of course sometimes it's lazy and is just like "lets just loop this classic up and rap on it". But seriously sampling can have a lot more to it than you think.
what does sitting behind a expensive computer and not losing my virginity have to do with anything. what youre doing is generalizing a genre of music which comes from a certain place if youve heard one song of that type. its your opinion not a fact. you should do some legitimate research before you make a statement and inflict your opinion likes it a fact.
ya mean the talentless fuckers of hip hop stole this tune too...lmao...fuckers can't come up with thier own tunes so they steal shit...just like a nigger...got NO USE FOR A NIGGER
Are you retarted? The reason mainstream rappers in the US are so well known is because the media revolves around western society. This is mostly because the US is a politically powerful country, and many americans are too ignorant to listen to anything that isn't from america. Just because you have't heard of something, doesn't mean it's not popular, or bad. In fact, most rap music in the mainstream now a days is awful materialistic garbage, when you compare it to old school or underground rap.
i think your should pull your head out your ass and re-read that comment. if any real u.s rapper were to here you say that they would disagree. your a fuckin idiot.
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carbootvinyl 1 week ago
if u listen close to it, its way ahead of its time. dont watch the video, that confuses the fact of how awesome this shit is. billy can make some shreding music.
flyvibe71 2 weeks ago in playlist hard as nails
LOL the drum intro rap seems.
Montanha1992 2 weeks ago
Good song, awful dancing. Oh wait, that's just the 80's...
SteamingPenguin 3 weeks ago
I JUST BOUGHT THIS SONG FOR $1 @AMAZON.COM!!!!
orlanduce 1 month ago
I love Billy, but there's no WAY you can listen to this song and then to a song like Jay-Z's '99 problems' and not see how transformative it is, beat wise. Same with Run-DMC's 'Here we go'. Sure, they sample, but they take the original and transform it, giving it a totally different context. T.S. Eliot once wrote that 'Good poets borrow, great poets steal'. What he meant of course was that truly great artists build on what has come before and transform it and make it into something new or better
ZiddersRooFurry 1 month ago
@ZiddersRooFurry Two words: Rick. Rubin.
LordSmas 4 weeks ago
Billy really rocks for a Republican....
keldration 1 month ago
Don't hate. Rappers sampled because they were poor and no one could afford "real" instruments. Different story now, of course, since it's big money. Timbaland is a motherfucking thief, yes; Run-DMC, not so much.
FordOfTheLies 1 month ago
@FordOfTheLies Many rock and roll acts stole music like the Rolling Stones, The Who, and many others.
viceus 1 month ago
@FordOfTheLies Absolutely ridiculous statement. Could not afford "real" instruments...Stop Appeasing. Countless great musicians came from dirt poor conditions to rise up thru hard work and honing their craft. Sampling in Hip Hop is nothing more than laziness and creating the quick way...without any real work involved in creating the music. And no putting forced rhymed moronic lyrics to already created music is not writing a song.
200markob 15 hours ago
if you dont beleive me bring your possy bring your crew
dnbhead1 2 months ago
You can get this lapdance here for free!
LlamaJudge 3 months ago
this song super rocks, but the difference in not having it bassy is huge, makes it twice as rockin.
flyvibe71 4 months ago
this song has been sampled by a lot of people
jayz 99 problems for one
AHarmlessBlackMan 4 months ago
You would not believe the amount of rap artists use this song in samples.
fumetti 4 months ago
This music sux,
but it's still better than justin bieber's.
martiener1 4 months ago
Deep Crates...
//South Bronx styles//Straight from LONG BEACH!
seanSHRED87 5 months ago
Here we go! here we go! here we go, here we go, here we here we here we go!
BBoldtRegenerated 5 months ago 2
the guitar is the original 62? or resurrected?
luxHROCK87 5 months ago
The beat is big its kinda large,And when we are on the mic...WE ARE IN CHARGE!!!
chrisrap4ever 5 months ago
This is the most sampled song in hip hop and rap history. The beginning of the song. Billy Squire is one rich dude.
mr5exywolf 5 months ago
Funny i thought this was sung by a black man. I magine my surprise when i find its actuallly some Jew looking white dude haha. cool song.
jdmoonwalker12 5 months ago
Huh.. I did not know this jam was sampled so much... Yes i do live under a rock it is a nice one ... granite with shale undertones.
Phil4013 6 months ago
Run-DMC must be proud that Squier is covering one of their classics!
tommyluvstraci 6 months ago
You Ignorant People Must realize us Rappers pump life back in tha masters and keep them alive! sure the originals gonna always sound tha best because of perfection$.thats what draw us to them idiotz! DJ Clear
djclear411 6 months ago
You Ignorant People Must realize us Rappers pump life back in tha mastersvand keep them alive! sure the originals gonna always sound tha best because of perfection$.thats what draw us to them idiotz! DJ Clear
djclear411 6 months ago
i love the way rick rubin chopped this up for 99 problems
TP33IME 7 months ago
They enjoy making comments about rap, samplers ...and i enjoy watching this video
pappysmp 7 months ago
Rap is the most unoriginal form of "music". Most of it is based on someone else's original song (which is often much better than its crappy rap version)
Technolojesus 7 months ago
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@Technolojesus stfu, stop listening to lil wayne & check out big l, nas, junior mafia
unseenlock 7 months ago
So what about when Journey takes the same pattern as The Beatles? Or when Kansas uses the same chord progression as Jimi Hendrix?
Listen to some Pete Rock and try to make music as original as him.
ShoeOfFlight 7 months ago
@Technolojesus Butthurt
StageHolder 6 months ago
@Technolojesus Rap has less to do with the music and more to do with the lyrics. It's an art form and the only reason why rappers use different beats is to break the monotony or slow down/speed up the pace. You don't like it because you can't understand it, which is why many people HATE rock and roll, and millions of other things in life...
BlacksAreBeautiful 6 months ago
@Technolojesus You can't argue opinion, Mr ignorant.
darrouken 1 week ago
da funk
echosun562 7 months ago
Song Of The Day.
ListenToTheDanielle 8 months ago
there's a JAY Z video in de suggestions!!
sa3dorfe3e 8 months ago
The Prodigy - Spitfire . hiehie
Frendzel23 8 months ago
Believe it or not this is one of the most ripped off songs ever
reckless1ify 9 months ago
@reckless1ify If by 'ripped off', you mean sampled is there any wonder why? HAVE YOU HEARD DAT BEAT?!
Niallissoawesome 7 months ago
All the Boston MCs used to rap over the intro to this at the block parties, way back in the day! I was one of 'em!
lisatothelee7 9 months ago
Doing half the work of AC/DC by himself...
Not bad ;)
Smo1k 9 months ago
right, dizzee rascal took this
fsfx 9 months ago
Fix Up, Look Sharp!
mayer8356 9 months ago 47
what album is this off of?
Chyna10276524t 9 months ago
@Chyna10276524t "tale of the tape"
suthagoo 9 months ago
This beat is mos def sick!!
The most sampled beat ever is "Funky Drummer" by James Brown! That beat is in everything!!
My personal all time favorite is: Ohio Players “Funky Worm” - I think NWA - "dopeman" was the illest way to sample funky worm.
DJJadestone 9 months ago
I KNOW IT WAS BILLY, Im just saying whatever or whenever but this beat on everybody danced
Dablkwid0w2008 10 months ago
choooo When this song came on I DONT CARE IF IT WAS Billy or Run-DMC people wouldget on the dance floor and jam
Dablkwid0w2008 11 months ago
@Dablkwid0w2008 Ok, but it was Billy.
humbarcam 11 months ago
1:16 EPIC WIIIN!
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Dablkwid0w2008 11 months ago
IIIII GOT SOME STANK FEET!
Dablkwid0w2008 11 months ago
No - that guy moves around too much for Spruce Kulick
Rabant777 11 months ago
Is that Bruce Kulick in the red visor/ white jacket?
TheNamco1 11 months ago
Is that Bruce Kulick with the Red visor/ White jacket on stage?
TheNamco1 11 months ago
Beck - Soul suckin' Jerk
documentaryonawasp 11 months ago
Schoolly D "We don't rock, we rap" : )
hoepstoer 1 year ago
In rap. this easily was the most sampled beat intro. As rap always utilized the most hitting beats at the time. Interesting enough Rock groups at this time following the works of Queen gave rap the backbone tracks to write lyrics too. who wouldve thought in Rocks darkest hour, it would be rap that would give Rock its legs again, revitalizing the Beat that became lost overtime in big hair band ballads.
xevious2501 1 year ago
The intro to this track was cut up SO MANY times by the DJs back in the day. Peace to the old school DJs - New York Tri-State and CT...
feistychick70 1 year ago
Real Music
Kstall1181 1 year ago
FIX UP LOOK SHARP!
frenchoire 1 year ago
now u know wherer Jay-Z got his beats from....
cashisabelle 1 year ago
Rock N' Roll-getting dorky non jock type guys laid since 1960.
fifimsp 1 year ago
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@hayesj23 I hate when people chop somethin up so good that it makes you wanna STOP MAKIN BEATS!!!! That beat was ridiculous.
BeastNation2009 1 year ago
Warriors Drum King Just TOO sampled this
bcancun123 1 year ago
the most sampled song in hip-hop
alaina218 1 year ago
@alaina218 That would be Funky Drummer.
Bobsacamano1000 1 year ago
they said his songs have been sampled more than anybodys
3160jimmys 1 year ago
Yo listen. This is one of the first # 1 hip hop beats that rappers rapped off at the jams out in the parks. Cutting it up just the way Jam Master Jay did it on "Here We Go!
Shortfuseent 1 year ago
fix up look sharp - NOT watered down - old schooly goodness
arcturiansister75 1 year ago
Most underrated rock singer/composer ever!
ballonfisch 1 year ago
Billy can throw it down! Even in yellow parachute pants. Love that song...
JohnnyBAwesome 1 year ago
Awesome song dude! Rock On!!!
Metalfreak307 1 year ago
in this song he is saying that he has a big one
subzero4768 1 year ago
C'mon people, why has nobody mentioned "Fix up, Look sharp" by Dizzee Rascal?
fjobbi 1 year ago 14
@fjobbi
Cause rap sucks.
pgbruiser 5 months ago
@pgbruiser
No, mainstream rap sucks, real hip hop is where it's at
fjobbi 5 months ago
@fjobbi Because we Appreciate original music, not the songs that steal it.
ThePSNfm 4 months ago
@ThePSNfm It's not stealing, it's sampling.
RandomJackOfDoom 4 months ago
@fjobbi because this isn't that song
tommyshankz 4 months ago
@tommyshankz but that song did sample this song to great affect
danlikesmusicalot 4 months ago
is rock n roll dead,seams like hiphop is going to be here forever,hiphop is universal,it appeals to the whole galaxy,it embraces all forms of music,you can take any form of music and turn it into a hiphop classic,love it or leave it alone.peace 2 tha hiphop garden of eden,NYC
MrJames07111 1 year ago
@MrJames07111 Just because it "embraces" all forms of music in no way makes it the best genre. Even if it takes a beat, or a guitar riff or some other little thing from an older song..still that's just one little part in an entire 3:00 (give or take) song. And just because you "sample" someone's song in NO way means that you are "embracing" that form of music. It's REALLY easy to sample an older song and make it into a hit than lets' say coming up with your own beat or riff
Princeboy99 1 year ago
@Princeboy99 Sampling can be just as musical and creative as compostition. I do both and am a classically trained musician who plays woodwinds and the bass guitar. Sampling cheapily is easily, but really reworking something until it becomes your own is hard. a perfect example is this (the song that uses this loop sucks but the loop itself is genus) /watch?v=uqiF3IBoMNk
AcebeatGroup 7 months ago 7
@AcebeatGroup That's the dumbest I ever heard of. Sampling is not creative because sampling very literally side steps any creative process. One literally "takes" a sample. No one ever creates a sample. That's kind of the point.
enjayresonance 1 month ago 2
@AcebeatGroup Probably the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Sampling is the lazy person's way of making a song. Stop the Appeasment of the Rap/Hip-Hop community please, there has been too much of it already. That;s like another poster who said you don't have to play an instrument to be called a musician...and no a singer is a vocalist, not a musician.
200markob 15 hours ago
@200markob sampling, like any creative technique, can be lazily or creatively. Stop appeasing the Rockist community and open your mind buddy. Music is not a sport, it is art. What you said is like saying modern art isn't real art because it doesnt use color and shape in the same way
AcebeatGroup 14 hours ago
fuck rap. rock is the way
ObamaIsAPedo 1 year ago
@ObamaIsAPedo hard to take you seriously with a name like yours...
enacra101 1 year ago
his voice is so...robert plant.
agoregore 1 year ago
I used to break to this back in the day. Now they have it on DJ HERO mixed with Jurassic 5's-Jayou.
YellaDevil1 1 year ago
RITE! seriously this is 1 of the best songs evrrrr
the drum beat, guitar riffs n those vocals - amazing
i defy ne1 who can watch this video without singin " IIIII GOT THE BIIG BEEAAATT! " lol soooo good
legend4evr 1 year ago
I get on down......
WomackPhotoKCMO 1 year ago
Those crapy rappers wouldnt have any material if it wasnt for rockers like Billy Squier! RAP-SUCKS, ROCK RULES!! I feel sorry for people who arnt old enough to remember when Billy Squire was on the radio!!!!!
honkinjeff 1 year ago
@honkinjeff If rap sucks and rock rules but black people mainly were the inventors of rock in roll does that mean rock and roll also sux?! Before you think this is some kid im 40 sir.
vamtheanomaly 1 year ago
@vamtheanomaly Ha ha ha...school 'em.
Khultan 1 year ago
@vamtheanomaly Since you need to point out that you were 40 and not some kid, then you also must think that your argument is so shallow that it can be made by some kid.
honkinjeff did not mention anything about black people and their influence on different types of music. You can't make an argument that he dislikes rap because you correlate it to a group of people, that YOU don't even KNOW that he likes or dislikes.
readyaimjayson 1 year ago
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@readyaimjayson Thank you for pointing out the facts of what he did not mention as well as avoiding the my question. As for "You can't make an argument that he dislikes rap because you correlate it to a group of people, that YOU don't even KNOW that he likes or dislikes." Well sir I did. Whether you think the argument is shallow or not, he / you answer my question first. :)
vamtheanomaly 1 year ago
@readyaimjayson I get tired of non rap artists making their comments on stuff like this and its always the same. Rap sux, rap is crap, N music , etc. So i step in with a lil bit o history and then we get this. I may not know what he likes or dislikes but his "Those crapy rappers wouldnt have any material if it wasnt for rockers like Billy Squier! RAP-SUCKS, ROCK RULES!! Kind of lets the reader know he DOESNT LIKE RAP or think it sucks. Good try though, you almost had a reasonable defense :)
vamtheanomaly 1 year ago
@vamtheanomaly I didn't say that he made it very vague whether he likes or dislikes rap. I mean, it's pretty obvious. I'm just somewhat confused on why you had to include "the influence of black people in music" in your assumption that he dislikes rap/rock because of black people.
Although, I do understand that you strongly dislike "haters" with no credible background or experience towards something, but isn't that what you are also doing? Are you an advocate or historian of black history?
readyaimjayson 1 year ago
@readyaimjayson He simply said "RAP-SUCKS" which is FINE and fair for him to have said opinion. How do you take someone saying " X sucks". It means they dont like whatever preceeds the word "sucks". I was saying that. The term "rock and roll" was a black colloquial term for "sex" as well as having roots in Blues music. American music was influenced by Blues which was influenced by Slave Songs or "Negro Spirituals",hence my comment. Hip hop and rap was influenced by the same music so there you go
vamtheanomaly 1 year ago
@vamtheanomaly For someone who knows so much about the black influence in music (sincerely saying that it's a good thing), I'm surprised that you continue to dodge my question as to WHY you needed to present those facts when honkinjeff did not say "Rap sucks because black people suck."
readyaimjayson 1 year ago
@readyaimjayson Im not dodging a question at all. The reason WHY i presented those facts is basically this.We are having a bad communication problem.I will try to simplify.Check his original statement that started our convo."Those crapy rappers wouldnt have any material if it wasnt for rockers like Billy Squier!"I didnt say I think that HE thinks black people suck.I dont care about that.
vamtheanomaly 1 year ago
@readyaimjaysonI know he didnt say BLACK people suck.He said rap sucks.After my facts were presented I find it hard to see HOW someone could love rock n roll,but say rap sucks since ROCK was originally from black people who ALSO created rap.It was mainly a thought check.Its like someone from the USA hating how British people talk when America CAME from England.Get it?Idc if he thinks rap sux or black people sux,but hating rap and claiming rock n roll is better is hypocritical.Thanks for civility
vamtheanomaly 1 year ago
@vamtheanomaly Just because one thing originates from the same place as another doesn't mean it's the same quality. Thats like saying how you can't see how anyone who loves Mork and Mindy could hate Joanie loves Chachie.
DemiSonic 1 year ago
@vamtheanomaly : Well, rock was actually equal parts country and blues, while rap is strictly created by blacks... Also, I know people who dislike rap because it relies more on samples/beats than actual instrumentation... that's a turn-off for some people...
DeepSouthWrestling1 1 year ago
@DeepSouthWrestling1 "Well rock was actually equal parts country and blues"...and where does country and blues come from? :) And yes some people dont like sampling which is fine, but my point still stands.
vamtheanomaly 1 year ago
@vamtheanomaly : Let's see... Country is influenced by several forms of immigrant music (Irish, German, Italian, Spanish, African), but it's main body would come from Appalachian folk music. The Blues came from former slaves. I'm not sure of your point, however... if you like one you should like the other because they both originate from blacks?
DeepSouthWrestling1 1 year ago
@DeepSouthWrestling1 Close. You dont have to LIKE one or the other. The whole debate of this got started from my first post which was a reply to honkinjeff "Those crapy rappers wouldnt have any material if it wasnt for rockers like Billy Squier! RAP-SUCKS, ROCK RULES!! I feel sorry for people who arnt old enough to remember when Billy Squire was on the radio!!!!!"Saying rappers wouldnt have any material if not for rock is kind of ridiculous yes? Then after that the whole convo took off.
vamtheanomaly 1 year ago
@DeepSouthWrestling1 lmao rock wasn't part country and blues buddy.... it was ALL blues, it was actually directly "borrowed" (stolen) from black artists, even early white rockers will admit that they took black artists songs and re-recorded them because people wanted to hear the music only if white people made it... lol country is just plain crap that probably offshooted from blues or folk or something
enacra101 1 year ago 2
@enacra101 : Wow... sounds like you really know your music history. Country music wasn't "offshooted" from blues, however.
DeepSouthWrestling1 1 year ago
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enacra101 1 year ago
@DeepSouthWrestling1 The blues obviously played a huge influence in country, though, as well as gaining a lot of its style through the use of the banjo itself-- an African-American instrument. I'm not sure what the point is in trying to deny the influence.
spideymayne 1 year ago
@enacra101 tell it.!
mzskyhigh 1 year ago
@readyaimjayson Just look it up on google or anywhere, youll see.
vamtheanomaly 1 year ago
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layintheyard 1 year ago
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layintheyard 1 year ago
@honkinjeff Had you said those crapy rappers wouldnt have any material if it weren't for James Brown, then you might be able to make an argument. But if you are talking about REAL hip-hop (not the bullshit you currently hear on the radio) ... it sampled from ALL music, certainly not just rock. Beastie Boys Pauls Boutique and DeLa Soul's Three Feet High and Rising were innovative masterpieces of collaged sound. But i do agree with you that radio hip-hop sucks and billy squire rules!
PigChampi0n 1 year ago 2
Awesome drum break and love the guitar solo
legatodnl 1 year ago
Nice drum beat
hypernorton 1 year ago
squier sold the rights to this to jay z and made millions off of it...xoxxoxoxo love u Billy, miss the early 80's
lowfuellevel 1 year ago
jay-z didn't sample shit. rick rubin did.
e8ghtmileshigh 1 year ago
hot beat
tcw00 1 year ago
Does anyone know where I can get the guitar tabs for this song?
gpoop23 1 year ago
thanx to hiphop ,this song has sum importance to it,you think hiphop is dead ,where the fuck is rock n roll.
MrJames07111 1 year ago
youz guys r stoopid! If ya gotta sample this than clearly ya aint got the talent!try puttin a guitar in yo hand and a mic to your mouth and see what happens!
pablosux 1 year ago
@pablosux If you put a guitar in my hand I can play it reasonably well. and I also produce hip hop a little. So fuck off with this "hip hop producers are just guys who can't play instruments" attitude. Sampling can be an art form. Of course sometimes it's lazy and is just like "lets just loop this classic up and rap on it". But seriously sampling can have a lot more to it than you think.
JamieBarnes11 1 year ago 2
@pablosux yes we will all pick up a guitar,learn 3 chords,slap on a pair of skinny jeans and join the indie forces who are so incredibly talented
CUNT
cathal3191 1 year ago
The mother of all breakbeats!
saj8 1 year ago
X-Clan sampled this beat To The East Blackwards
jlsone73 1 year ago
bustamellon... dude your a hater! who gives a fuck what you think. go listen to skid row and stick a shampoo bottle up your ass
princealbert617 1 year ago
what does sitting behind a expensive computer and not losing my virginity have to do with anything. what youre doing is generalizing a genre of music which comes from a certain place if youve heard one song of that type. its your opinion not a fact. you should do some legitimate research before you make a statement and inflict your opinion likes it a fact.
feeltherealness 1 year ago
Fantastic song. One of the most catchy guitar lines ever. How have I failed to learn about this song until recently?
gpoop23 1 year ago
this beat has been on many, many records!
wonder if billy digs hiphop music.......
MrGoingHard 1 year ago
Def NOT one of my favorites of Squier
DaughertyMusic 1 year ago
dizzee rascal samples this track
princealbert617 1 year ago
ya mean dezzee has no fucking talent of his fucking own so he STOLE it
bustamellon 1 year ago
i think what ya meant to say was DIZZEE has no fucking talent of his fucking own so he stole it
bustamellon 1 year ago
@bustamellon What the fuck would you know about talent? And do you have to keep repeating yourself over and over?
splitenzfreak1980 1 year ago
MAN, I haven't heard that song in a looooong time... And I don't think I've ever seen that video.
michaelvj50 1 year ago
Man what a beat! One of the many bedrocks of hip hop (and a highly unlikely one at that!)
splitenzfreak1980 1 year ago
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ya mean the talentless fuckers of hip hop stole this tune too...lmao...fuckers can't come up with thier own tunes so they steal shit...just like a nigger...got NO USE FOR A NIGGER
bustamellon 1 year ago
@bustamellon And I have no use for your redneck bullshit. Go fuck yourself.
splitenzfreak1980 1 year ago
thats racist you mother fucker, the video creater of this should ban your comment
GunzOfWarNoobz 1 year ago
riff is genial!!
Soowa124 1 year ago
LOVEITTTTTT!!!
SmaggyProductions 1 year ago
yeah jay-z also sampled the beat for this song on his song 99 problems
anacondavisegts 2 years ago 2
i dont think thts true
masterdickles 1 year ago
@anacondavisegts And Big Daddy Kane sampled it for "Ain't No Half Steppin'".
southpaw2k1 1 year ago
@anacondavisegts It's a very, very famous drum kit in the hip-hop world. Peace.
MuzikJunkyAES 1 year ago
@anacondavisegts
Jay Z didn't sample anything FYI , Rick Rubin did....he was the producer Jay Z was the rapper...
ironpalmslapped 1 year ago 2
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Freepablo 1 year ago
@Freepablo really? really? thats great you do....but most of these people dont.
ironpalmslapped 1 year ago
@anacondavisegts
Yeah. I love the fact that Danger Mouse used Helter Skelter as the backing for that song when he did The Grey Album. Good choice.
DanGoguen 1 year ago
@anacondavisegts Run-DMC also sampled this song in 1983 for Their song "Here we go".
willisrael29 1 year ago
@anacondavisegts
it was actually rick rubin who produced the beat for jay-z
hayesj23 1 year ago
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BeastNation2009 1 year ago
@ KICKYOASH i agree
awesome323455 2 years ago
great song,But only Mick Jagger can pull off those corny ass dance moves and you can tell thats where Billy got them from.
KICKYOASH 2 years ago 2
@KICKYOASH great song,But only Aerosmith can pull off that corny ass duet signing in the microphone and you can tell thats where Billy got it from.
You're an idiot.
blackknight101st 1 year ago
@blackknight101st You Sir are the Dumbass Steven Tyler is a Mick Jagger wannabe......Stop getting your music knowledge from Guitar Hero!!!!
KICKYOASH 1 year ago
Every bugger has sampled this song! Doesn't make his dancing any less camp/special though! and it doesn't make the song any good really :)
pabl0100 2 years ago
Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip used this aswell
Fixed
MikeyClyro 2 years ago
I heard that beat in DJ hero !! And .. Oh my gosh i love this song !! It is sick !!
COraliiz 2 years ago
lol the start is Dizzee lol thats were he got it lol.. this is the origonal.sick :L
5thStreet2009 2 years ago
@shibanqkut
You obviously haven't listened to enough of it if you think that's the only lyrical content rap has.
Scentless 2 years ago
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u guys r so immature
u r privilaged to listen to amazing music like this and u talk about rap, the suckiest kind of music out there
get a life
if u want to have a conversation like that, go on facebook
kidzindahizzle 2 years ago
@kidzindahizzle funny b/c u still called it "music"
jadevegablack 2 years ago
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i never said it wasnt music
but i should have
rap is noise pollution
kidzindahizzle 2 years ago
that is a very one dimensional view
tobyjones1991 2 years ago
how come everyone hates me and everything i say?!?!?!?!
kidzindahizzle 2 years ago
And she'll take to my rap, cause my rap's the best
The educated rapper MD will never fess.
JoshDone 2 years ago
Are you retarted? The reason mainstream rappers in the US are so well known is because the media revolves around western society. This is mostly because the US is a politically powerful country, and many americans are too ignorant to listen to anything that isn't from america. Just because you have't heard of something, doesn't mean it's not popular, or bad. In fact, most rap music in the mainstream now a days is awful materialistic garbage, when you compare it to old school or underground rap.
IndieJackD 2 years ago
Your completely forgetting what hip hop is about.
i think your should pull your head out your ass and re-read that comment. if any real u.s rapper were to here you say that they would disagree. your a fuckin idiot.
feeltherealness 2 years ago
ya the two countries that carry the world suck
sheffscookin54 2 years ago
Yay Dizzee Rascal, DJ Hero :D
ItsiDawg 2 years ago
Wow another arguement on Youtub. fucking idiots. TBH, both America and the UK suck balls as countries. They go hand in hand.
boogiedancer81 2 years ago