!classics

I thought this was sort of interesting so figured I'd make a half butt post about it.

Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide from Love) by the Delfonics was a song that came out in 1968.

This song has been massively influential through music history, being sampled and covered by various artists since then

Most people probably remember The Fugees version of this song. It came out in 1996 and was massively popular (as was their album).

This song also samples Boadicea by Enya. She considered suing them for this, but decided not to after contacting them.

Anyways, back to Ready or Not.

The Jackson 5 did a cover of this song

As well as Johnny Osbourne - a famous jamaican reggae and dancehall singer

As for who has sampled this song. The list is extensive

https://www.whosampled.com/The-Delfonics/Ready-or-Not-Here-I-Come-(Can%27t-Hide-From-Love)/sampled/

Notable ones (excluding the aforementioned fugees)

Missy Elliot

50 Cent

T.I. (TWICE)

once with Nelly

and solo

MadLib

Mary J Blige

Ice-T (this is dope tbh)

And my personal favorite Three Six Mafia (actually mary j blige was probably just sampling this)

Anyways, I just thought it was interesting that that one song from 1968 was used so much in all this different shit.

The whosampled list is fricking crazy. So I posted about it.

This all started because I was listening to three six mafia. I think they're one of the dopest/most underrated groups of all time.

And they're really fascinating because of their heavy involvement with ICP and just the fact that they've been putting out music on and off for 20 years.

DJ Paul and Koopsta Knicca at one point formed a 'supergroup' with ICP called The Killjoy Club and released an album called Reindeer games.

And 36 makes frequent appearances at the gathering of the juggalos and shit like that. It's crazy.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

They blew it all but for a moment they were perfect.

I'd not been able to listen to them since the never-ending tour ended but the Squire-Gallagher songs have given me hope. They're not the Roses but they could be Squire's Wings. Maybe it won't all end in defeat.

I forgot how much I like this song. Wanted to share

scandinavian nonsense

Lyrics:

The nightmare lies in the mourning

When the birds are bleeding

And you hope the day will come

But you're never gonna live this down

Wish it away with the blame

You could just stop breathing now

You didn't want it enough

You didn't want it enough

And you tap and you cut

And you start with the heavy breathing

You're parallel to the dark

But they're still not leaving

But you try and talk

You'll do anything but you're never gonna keep it down

Don't leave me now, don't leave me now

You know it didn't have to be this way

You know it didn't have to be

But it's the end of the line

So goodbye

Can you hear me

Can you see me

Well it's the end of the line

So goodbye

Now you talk to yourself

And you wonder why nothing ever changes

How you're gonna fall so far so fast

Who you gonna blame this on

I don't care anymore in the morning

When the birds start bleeding now

And it's all the same

It's all the same

I was faced to the wall

With the mirror

The mirror crashing down

And you stood so tall

But you fall and you're never gonna get back up

You didn't want it enough

Am I central now, am I central now I was central how

You know it didn't have to be this way

You know it didn't have to be

But it's the end of the line

So goodbye

Can you hear me

Can you see me

Well it's the end of the line

So goodbye

No one loves you

Up above you

No one hears you

No one sees you

No one loves you

Up above you

No one hears you

No one sees you

Can you hear me

Can you see me

Well it's the end of the line

So goodbye

seeing this being implemented in a car commercial was wack

because the only auto manufacturer who accurately could use this song properly was volvo