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Origin Stories: "I Do This (Remix)"

You guys, I have a new favorite frequently sampled song. When I first heard it, I was like, what is this magical 60s/70s string situation that reminds me of the soundtrack from Love Story*.  "Don't You Want to Stay" comes from Bill Wither's 1975 album Making Music, and in true Bill Withers fashion, the song is flawless:



The earliest sample I could find is from Biz Markie's "Romeo and Juliet" (1991):


Gettin' busy.

Joe Budden uses the Wither's song on "The Future" (2006) from his Mood Muzik 2: Can It Get Any Worse?:

Tech N9ne mostly used the least interesting part of the riff in "Last Words" from his 2008 album Killer:


Hilarious album cover, though.


Outerspace sample the song on their "What the Future Holds" from their 2008 album God's Fury, actually including some of Bill's lyrics:

Most recently--and my favorite besides Biz Markie, obvs--from the 2010 mixtape Overly Dedicated, Kendrick Lamar has the song "I Do This (Remix)":


Bitches say I'm the cool ass.


* Don't judge that reference.

gchat review of One Direction's "Take Me Home" Yearbook Edition

Listen along. It might make more sense. Maybe. Please excuse the typos and emoticons that didn't show up.

me:  take me home: yearbook edition

WTF

 K-friend:  girl just let the flawlessness wash over you

and discuss every single track with me

 Sent at 5:32 PM on Tuesday

 me:  this gchat may or may not turn into a blog post

okay

 K-friend:  so thrilled

have you turned it on

i want to listen with you

 me:  "live while we're young" still catchy as hell

 K-friend:  LIVE BLOGGING

yes yes it is

 me:  YES

 K-friend:  CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY~~~

 me:  and live while we're young

zayn is so flawless

 K-friend:  it frightens me how much i am in love with him

like i need to get a grip

 me:  hahaha

okay "Kiss You"

woah! up beat

 K-friend:  by the way

kiss you

is going to be the 2nd american single

that little things travesty is a UK single only

GOD BLESS AMERICA

liam's falsetto gives me life on this ho

 me:  so he's of some use in this band, is what you're saying?

 K-friend:  girl liam sang like all the first verses of every song on the other album

he arguably has the 2nd best voice/best voice depending on who you're talking to in the band

king zayn tho

king. zayn.

 me:  hahaha

thanks for giving me some knowledge

 K-friend:  i'm embarrassed by this knowledge

 me:  I think I can only recognize Zayn and Harry's voice, tbh

but maybe Liam now?

 K-friend:  yeah

louis' is pretty distinctive too

it's pretty high and bright

 me:  is he the nasally one?

 K-friend:  he's the one that sang the bridge of this song

hmmm i'll point him out on another song

oh GOD

LITTLE THINGS CAME ON SKIP

are you ready for c'mon c'mon?

 me:  I'm forcing myself to listen to it again

 K-friend:  GIRL

well

 me:  god

the freckles

 K-friend:  tell me when you are doing c'mon c'mon so i can press play

 me:  crinkles!?

ugggggggggggggggggggggggggggh

 K-friend:  LOL

i will say

zayn and liam's harmonies

on this song

are to die for

 me:  if these girls they're singing  about are 16, I'm going to...yell in feminist rage?

also

yes

they're harmonies are lovely

 K-friend:  dimples in backs

i'm done.

i'm waiting for you to get to c'mon c'mon

 me:  dimples in backs? isn't that just everyone's back?

just

ugh

just because you made it acoustic doesn't mean it's significant

 K-friend:  could we please write that

in a card

and then send it to ed sheeran?

his entire oeuvre is bullshit like this

and yet 17 year olds think this shit is moving as all get out

 me:  he's like the new Birdie

 K-friend:  he wrote this fucking song

 me:  whose all

if it's slow, it's golden

 K-friend:  I CANNOT WITH BIRDIE

 me:  C'MON C'MON

 K-friend:  YAS

 me:  ooooo, dance partay

 K-friend:  first verse

zaynnn

zayn is such a workhorse on thsi album

louis - singing all those "move a lil closer now"

harry show me what u all about

K I'MMA STOP CUZ I'M SCARING MYSELF

 me:  I love this

I can still do that with BSB and n'sync, tbh

okay

 K-friend:  2nd verse niall

 me:  I'm getting to know their voices~~~

 K-friend:  lol you areeeee

 me:  so niall is just breathy?

 K-friend:  or 

yep

he's not the best singer at all

though

on they don't know about us

he has this sexy ass whisper part

where i'm juts like

oh.

OH.

 me:  who sings when the beat drops?

 K-friend:  zayn

being a goddamn king

 me:  of course

it was good

 K-friend:  are we last first kissing?

cuz that first verse is liam

 me:  yes

okay

 K-friend:  bridge is prince harry

you can hear louis really loudly in the chorus

over most of the other guys

 me:  okay

I could deffo tell that was prince harry

he's so ~scratchy

also

this song is so 14 year old journal

 K-friend:  the 2nd verse is niall adn then louis

 me:  did taylor swift ghost write it?

 K-friend:  then zayn bridging it and giving me the vapors

of course

but there's not enough playing the victim

so probably not taylor

god i can't wait for you to hear change your mind

that is some taylor swift bullshit

 me:  hahahaha

 K-friend:  although liam's falsetto is bless

 me:  this is kind of BSB-ish

like, BSB filler with modern "ooo"s

 K-friend:  lol yesss

OMFG thsi next song is HILARIOUS

 me:  heart attack

da fuq?

 K-friend:  OWWW

 me:  advertisement

oops!

I was all

why are they screamo?

 K-friend:  lol

LOL

 me:  phew

haha

this song is adorbs

 K-friend:  OWWW~

 me:  can't even lie

yes

it's all about the OW!

 K-friend:  i live for this jam i won't lie

but the bridge is so cute

~tryna be okay~~~

tryna be all right~~~

 me:  LOL

YOO-HOO

 K-friend:  lmfao

seein u with him

just don't feel rite.

i just

 me:  your spelling, boo

 K-friend:  why am i so enamored with this shit like i'm 15?

 me:  your spelling

 K-friend:  they make me spell like i'm in an AOL chatroom i swear

summa 09

 me:  we will rock youuuuuuuuuuuuu

oh wait

rock me

 K-friend:  harry and louis kill this song

they sound so good on it together

 me:  ooo, pretty bridge

 K-friend:  YES

louis!!!!

and i think he's usually talentless

but look at him growing up

zayn does like nothing on this song except for the runs at the end

 me:  who sings verse 2?

liam?

 K-friend:  yes ma'am

 me:  YAYAYAYAY

 K-friend:  YOU DID IT!

 me:  and louis has the lead on the bridge

boom boom CLAP

 K-friend:  i love this song

so goddamn much

 me:  this is unadulterated fun

 K-friend:  thank you.

 me:  I love pop music

 K-friend:  R O C K ME AGAIN

saaaaaaaaaaame

 me:  spell if, baby

 K-friend:  F U C K ME ZAYNNNN

 me:  GURL

 K-friend:  MY LIFE, CHOICES IT'S FINE

 me:  "change my mind"

is this niall?

 K-friend:  nah louis

 me:  dammit

yes

king zayn?

 K-friend:  of COURSE

 me:  does niall sing anything?

 K-friend:  idk if on this song

liam's the chorus

with zayn for flawfree harmonies

 me:  "are we friends or are we mo-o-o-re"

just

use those jellyroll pens and write it out

 K-friend:  LOL

with sad faces drawn in the o

let's be real

 me:  truth

 K-friend:  yes zayn i want you to stay for the night

yes

plz change ur mind 4 me

niall there you go!

 me:  this is such a sadsack song

"she's just not that into you, okay???"

 K-friend:  taylor swift type of fuckery in my opinion

 me:  "I would"

 K-friend:  this sassy ass acoustic guitar

i kinda love this song

but the lyrics

are so DUMB

like twilight levels of dumb

 me:  why does harry sound so old right now?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

these lyrics

 K-friend:  his VFs got thick and fat

 me:  and the drums

 K-friend:  (like his dick) idk

 me:  GURL

 K-friend:  LOL

i know

pedobear status

omg the whistles

 me:  this is louis, y/y?

 K-friend:  niall

 me:  oop

 K-friend:  then louis takes the 2nd part of the 2nd verse

 me:  okay

 K-friend:  27 tattoos~~~~~

 me:  I could hear the difference now

that had to throw him a bone, I guess

 K-friend:  lolllll

he's such a nonentity

"would he please u"

 me:  oh

 K-friend:  louis sings the bridge

i mean

OH DAMN HEY HARRY

WITH THIS SEXY ASS LOW SOUND

 me:  heeeeey

I have to say, the basses in choir were always more awesome than the tenors

just sayin'!

 K-friend:  lollll

oh god over again

oh god.

 me:  I have another ad, hold up!

 K-friend:  "said i'd never leave her cuz her hands fit like my tshirt"

oh damn ok

omfg

these lyrics

omfg

 me:  her hands fit like my tshirt?

 K-friend:  i am dying

 me:  oh

acoustic again

 K-friend:  polo

it's ed sheeran

who wrote this shit

AGAIN

 me:  I can tell

this is not significant

 K-friend:  omfg

this is dreadfuckingfull

"i can make your tears fall down like the showers that are british"

NEED THIS ON A PILLOW

 me:  "that are british"

"that are british"

?????????

 K-friend:  i can't breathe

omfg

this is my new favorite song

because this is hysterical

 me:  this is my reaction to this song: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/Drewski217/miscell/TFG/1eok8.gif

also

 K-friend:  lmfao

right?!?!

 me:  why are they occasionally bone thugs and harmony with these lyrics

?

 K-friend:  OMFG I HEAR THAT TOO

 me:  TOO MANY LYRICS

that are british

 K-friend:  herearesomanywordsrapidfire that are british

 me:  same joke

 K-friend:  omg the last line of that song

 me:  twin brains

 K-friend:  i cannot

love you 

 me:  "back for you"

is this some pop punk circa 2002?

 K-friend:  definitely an avril lavigne b-side

with strings

sure

 me:  the chorus loses it

but the verses, totally

 K-friend:  yeah the chorus tries to be this epic

weirdness

with string action

 me:  i'm not feeling this

it's reminding me too much of music in middle/high school

which i didn't like

 K-friend:  yeah it's totes filler

but i can tolerate it

 me:  tolerable, yes

 K-friend:  GOD YES THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT US

I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR MY HUSBAND ZAYN KILL THIS

 me:  this cheesy ass piano riff is so winning

 K-friend:  THEY DON'T ABOUT THINGS WE DO

god this song is a spiritual experience

 me:  I LOVE YOU

they would just be jealous 'bout us

this is some boy band perfection

 K-friend:  it truly freaking is

UP ALL NIGHT

i see what you did there guys

i see it

 me:   ?

 K-friend:  and also plugging their first album

so ~meta~~~~~

 me:  OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH

I get it now.

 K-friend:  lol 

zayn

from

2:41

is LIFE

 me:  although this song is >>>>>>>> than that whole album

 K-friend:  YES

 me:  I love that Zayn is the go to riffer

he truly is the JC of the band

maybe even the Brian

AJ?

 K-friend:  OH SHIT GIRL

BRIAN WAS MY MAN

no wonder i'm obsessed.mp3 with zayn

 me:  lol!

does one direction have a Kevin?

they're all too baby to be Kevin

 K-friend:  well liam is supposed to be "daddy direction" because he sorta takes care of them all even though he's not the oldest

why.

do.

i.

know.

this?

 me:  is this from fan fiction?

 K-friend:  no

he says it in interviews

i WISH it was fanfic

 me:  also this chord progression in "summer love" is kind of surprising

 K-friend:  what is this bootleg country twang

in this song

 me:  is there twang?

 K-friend:  the chorus

is definitely giving me

taylor swift's earlier albums

 me:  is it the finger picking?

 K-friend:  this song is terrible

 me:  also

this is terrible

 K-friend:  it's not even good terrible

like SHOWERS

(that are british)

this is just like

um no thx

 me:  "she's not afraid"

thanks, harry

 K-friend:  tight dress~~~~

 Sent at 6:17 PM on Tuesday

 me:  can I confess I'm getting upbeat poppy music overload?

this song is not registering at all

 Sent at 6:19 PM on Tuesday

 K-friend:  yeah

i went to pee during it and now it's over

so that's how i feel about it

these bonus tracks aren't doign it for me

 me:  "kiss you on the mouth"

oh

 K-friend:  there's a reason why they're bonuses i guess

this is the target version of the CD

the regular CD ends at summer love

 me:  "I've been waiting all this time to finally say it"

whatever harry

i don't really care

 K-friend:  lmfao

 me:  just shut up and move on

 K-friend:  this is kinda 80s synthy

and boring as fuck

 me:  hahaha

 K-friend:  i'm a second from skipping

 me:  I'm powring through

zayn is not even saving this drivel

 K-friend:  i know right like

zayn you're trying hon

but

yawn

 me:  this is O-town levels of mediocre

 K-friend:  lmfao shit girl

that is some mediocrity right there

 me:  they were clearly the bottom of the boy band totem pole

slightly above LFO

let's be honest

 K-friend:  idk

even LFO had a hit

did o town ever?

oh wait

IS IT ALL

OR NOTHING AT ALLLLL

 me:  yeppppp

 K-friend:  god i hate myself for remembering that

 me:  hahahahahahaha

and that song was catchier than whatever this is

"nobody compares"

 K-friend:  can harry stop talking about girls in sexy dresses?

i'm good

 me:  hahahaha

so true

 K-friend:  this is slightly less low-budget than

the last 3 songs

but it's still pretty low budget

 me:  I feel like everyone on this song is a skipping record

because they keep repeating phrases

over

and over

 K-friend:  TOTALLY

 me:  like they're lyrics

they just filled in the rest of the verse lines with the same exact lines

 K-friend:  maybe ed sheeran should write more songs

his lyrics are, um,

~new

 me:  at leas they would 'MEET US AT THE CROSSROADS'

"andimgonnamisserrrybahdy"

clearly this pop overload is going to my brain

I also want to point out not one of these songs is over 4:00

so snappy

 K-friend:  i love their attack

just get in, slap a catchy hook and then get the fuck out before people can actually think about what you're singing

it's a great tactic

 me:  it truly is

 K-friend:  re-listening to over again

so i can lol

 me:  I'm still on "Still the One"

 K-friend:  holding the middle of my heart like a polo

HOW.

is this kid

 me:  it's kind of holding my interest

also

 K-friend:  FAMOUS?

 me:  polo

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 Sent at 6:29 PM on Tuesday

 me:  wooo

it's over

okay

overall, pretty good album

the bonus songs are bonus for a reason

 K-friend:  hahahah

exactly

 me:  stay away from ed sherenenenen

 K-friend:  stand out tracks?

for me it's kiss you, they don't know about us, rock me, and i would

but i have to give it up for over again because "showers that are british" is just

magic

 me:  so true

I would toss in "heart attack" for adorableness

 K-friend:  oh my god how did i forget about

OW~

 me:  OW!

 K-friend:  how do i find someone young enough

to go to their concert in ----- with me

so i don't look like a damn grandma

 me:  hahahaha

fin.