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The Beatles influenced on Hip Hop/Rap
« on: April 20, 2007, 02:16:33 AM »

Years before I became a beatle fan I was a rap fan. Mostly of 2Pac and still am but what I was wondering is if the beatles had an influence on anything with Hip Hop? You can tell that anything rock-oriented today has been influenced but hard to tell if anything from hip hop has. It would be great to see examples of this... does anyone know if any rappers are beatles fan?

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Re: The Beatles influenced on Hip Hop/Rap
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2007, 02:40:57 AM »

I've always noticed something in the way John sang some lines ...

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds ... spicealley the way he sang these words:
"Follow her down to a bridge by a foun-tain"
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"Everyone smiles as you drift past the flo-wers"
[...]
"Picture yourself on a train in a sta-tion"
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"Suddenly someone is there at the turn-style"

... I Am The Walrus ... spicealley these lines:
"I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly"
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"Mister City Policeman sitting
Pretty little policemen in a row.
See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see how they run."
[...]
"Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess,
Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down."
[...]
"Expert textpert choking smokers,
Don't you thing the joker laughs at you?
See how they smile like pigs in a sty,
See how they snied."
[...]
"Elementary penguin singing Hari Krishna.
Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe."

... Come Together ... almost all the lines (except "Come together right now over me") ... his rythm singing them  ::) ...

I can imagine a rapman "singing" them quite easilly  :) ...
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Re: The Beatles influenced on Hip Hop/Rap
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2007, 08:51:31 PM »

wasen't Bob Dylan the first rap artist - Subterranean Homesick Blues? ;D
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Re: The Beatles influenced on Hip Hop/Rap
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2007, 09:07:56 PM »

Oh noo, Jimmy Saville, Ahab the Arab is the first rap record! ;D
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Re: The Beatles influenced on Hip Hop/Rap
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2007, 11:17:52 AM »

I know it's not strictly rap, but how about Outkast's Hey Ya?
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Re: The Beatles influenced on Hip Hop/Rap
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2007, 11:24:58 AM »

Jay Z is a big fan, (he's the fella who performed with Paul and some other band a couple of years back) his Grey album was mixed with the White album by Dangermouse to make the Black album. The Gnarls Barkley record has a very Besque tune on it, MMT style.
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