oh that was towards 50 cent discussion.
em heard a demo, sampled it. she got signed from it. thank you was the third single from her first album. white flag was the first single from her second album. i don't even like her and i can remember this shit - i wonder what was pushed out for that to stay there.
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:47 (thirteen years ago) link
8 mile soundtrack came out months after grodt. Wasn't the wanksta video out ahead of grodt?
― lebroner (D-40), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I believe so (irt Wanksta)
― brodie_odie_dope (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Actually, IIRC Thank You was used as a theme in some tv series that became really popular in here, and that's why it was well known before Stan.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
8 Mile was the year before GRoDT.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
"Dear Dido, I know you probably hear this everyday but I'm your biggest fan. I even got the underground shit that you did on the Sliding Doors soundtrack. Anyways, I hope you get this, hit me back,just to chat, truly yours, your biggest fan. This is a hoy hoy."
― Strictly vote-splitting (DL), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:51 (thirteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_discography
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Aw jeez I've got 'Thank You' on a loop in my head now (not even the bit in Stan either) - really not what I was hoping for from this poll tbh.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
oh my bad i don't remember it properly sorry i have shamed you ilx
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
"stan" is a really great song in its own right and the fact that he attempted and pulled of a song like that (thematically, in terms of point of view, etc) at the time he was becoming enormous is really remarkable imo - who else has made a move like that since? plus that thing is like 7 minutes long and it was all over the radio!
― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
45. Kurtis Blow - The Breaks [8 votes, 212 points, 1980]
http://i55.tinypic.com/34i687c.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
More funky four plus one chat, less of these guys please. Did you know the Funky Four Jazzy Jeff isn't *that* Jazzy Jeff?
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
that dido album had decent success in the US prior to "stan", singles were on the radio, my wife had a copy, it got rereleased after em sampled and it had a second life
if only there were somewhere on the internet where we could get information on this
Cheeky Records, to which Dido was signed, was sold to BMG records in 1999. This delayed the release of No Angel in the United Kingdom, but also allowed her to concentrate on promoting the album No Angel in the United States, including a slot on Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair tour. Through touring, both before and after the album was available, Dido's music began to receive more exposure. The first official single chosen by Dido and her label, "Here with Me", was used as the theme music for the television programme Roswell. Arguably it was this, as well as the airplay on MTV throughout Europe of the single's video, which brought her mass attention.
In 1998, the music producer for the film Sliding Doors picked her track "Thank You" for the soundtrack. No Angel was first released in 1999, and Dido toured extensively to promote the record.
Eminem helped introduce Dido to the US audience in 2000 when he sampled the first verse of "Thank You" in his UK number-one single "Stan", after seeking permission from Dido herself; she also appeared in the music video as Stan's long-suffering girlfriend.
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Aw jeez I've got 'Thank You' on a loop in my head now (not even the bit in Stan either)
ha ha otm
He robs a pregnant lady at gun point and then has a shoot out with a cop?
pfft, Ice-T and Schooly D were shooting at cops ten years before, and You Can't Fade Me is at least 100x more :0 than genially bragging about robbing ppl
― all cats are gay (sic), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Kurtis Blow! Another classic. Well done ILM.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:55 (thirteen years ago) link
The Breaks! Yes!
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:55 (thirteen years ago) link
liking the old school theme today
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:57 (thirteen years ago) link
me too!
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:57 (thirteen years ago) link
a hoy hoy plz make all the Youtube links go to Dido and Faithless songs from here on out
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
or to the Wanksta wikipedia page.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link
but then your never hear planet rock, miracles, lemme smang it and lazy sunday
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:05 (thirteen years ago) link
spoiler tags
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link
fyi deej and i called an emergency meeting last night and decided to argue about the 50 Cent singles chronology to make this thread more entertaining for flopson
― 51 Cent (some dude), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I can't wait for the reaction to "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss" at #1.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link
44. Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check! [7 votes, 214 points, 1996]
http://i55.tinypic.com/25hd5dw.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
not too low
― all cats are gay (sic), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
put your hands >>> woo ha
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Inhad put your hands in my top 10
I had
word
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
might be still to come
think woo hah was the one which was big in britain, may be remembering that wrong. anyway, love woo hah, busta in scenario mode still the best tho.
― pandemic, Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
great images Spottie, very nice
Stan is a lumpen turd, agreed
I voted for That's the Joint, glad it placed so high. didn't vote for Whoo Hah but don't mind it showing up
― S'cool bro, I only cried a little (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
had "woo hah" at #37, I'm assuming "scenario" is going to show higher
a quarter of my ballot has placed so far
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
43. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man [9 votes, 216 points, 1991]
http://i54.tinypic.com/hs7wqu.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.drugs-plaza.com/pictures/funny/jointgal3th.gif
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
not my favorite Cypress track but whatever, it was their break through.
will lol if Jump Around beats it
― S'cool bro, I only cried a little (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Really enjoying today's runout.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 9 June 2011 16:00 (thirteen years ago) link
42. Camp-Lo - Luchini (This Is It) [7 votes, 226 points, 1997]
http://i56.tinypic.com/244w5m9.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 16:02 (thirteen years ago) link
nice
― 51 Cent (some dude), Thursday, 9 June 2011 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link
damn another one i forgot to vote for
― the-dream's car of the summer (tpp), Thursday, 9 June 2011 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
yessss
― S'cool bro, I only cried a little (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 9 June 2011 16:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Camp Lo - top 5 for me.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Thursday, 9 June 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
41. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders [8 votes, 232 points, 1993]
http://i53.tinypic.com/9gk7xx.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
camp lo my #7
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Thursday, 9 June 2011 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
nice tribe song, wasn't sure if it was going to make it
― steady sbobbin (symsymsym), Thursday, 9 June 2011 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
"luchini" will never not be fun to listen to
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Thursday, 9 June 2011 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
lol you mean "Electric Relaxation"
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 9 June 2011 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
which btw is awesome