Comments on: Mainstream Rappers Ruin a Perfectly Good Song

By: sÃ¶ve

sÃ¶ve — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:48:11 +0000

thanks…

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:51:55 +0000

At #35 well put.

By: Bangladeshi Girl in the South

Bangladeshi Girl in the South — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:10:18 +0000

I wonder how many of you criticizing how bad the hip hop remixes to her song are actually grew up listening to hip hop and being part of the culture. Or did you just listen to your top 40 radio stations and occasionally buy yourself a not so mainstream rap album to feel authentic somehow. I just noticed that most of the Desis who post here weren't really raised around peers who not only listened to hip hop, but created it. Of course you are not going to like some of the remixes if you don't even like hip hop.

Yes, mainstream hip hop has been down the tubes for a while, but if you go to most hip hop forums, even the ones that are extremely harsh on mainstream hip hop, most of them agree that a lot of the remixes were good, yes, even Jay-Z's version.

And yes, you are very late on this, perhaps some more updated M.I.A. info is about how she is pregnant, and perhaps with Pharrell's (Neptunes/NERD) baby. There are pics of them and her belly all over the internet. Is that not sepiamutiny worthy? Well, neither is feedback about hip hop music from a middle aged person who doesn't really ever listen to hip hop music.

By: lamplighter

lamplighter — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:54:23 +0000

amardeep, No one cares about your subjective musical tastes or this narrow minded critique. You don’t hear me bashing the ever so played out coordinated thuds you call ‘bhangra’ or whatever the hell it is you listen to. I like this song and you shouldn’t hate on it just because you don’t have the SWAGGER to get down with it like the rest of the boys on the corner. I shudder at the thought of it.

By: Brownkanchho

Brownkanchho — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:46:52 +0000

this is what M.I.A says [about paper planes]:

" I was going to get patties at my local and just thinking that really the worst thing that anyone can say [to someone these days] is some shit like: â€What I wanna do is come and get your money.â€ People donâ€™t really feel like immigrants or refugees contribute to culture in any way. That theyâ€™re just leeches that suck from whatever. So in the song I say All I wanna do is [sound of gun shooting and reloading, cash register opening] and take your money. I did it in sound effects. Itâ€™s up to you how you want to interpret. America is so obsessed with money, Iâ€™m sure theyâ€™ll get it. "

By: Zen

Zen — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:44:52 +0000

30 Ã‚Â· Maitri said

M.I.A. ruins a perfectly good song by the Clash ("Straight To Hell" - give it a listen some time).

I'm not a fan of M.I.A. but I actually applaud her choice to sample The Clash. That's the only aspect of Paper Planes I find appealing.

By: ATL

ATL — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:56:21 +0000

Bun B is a Southern legend. Rich Boy is not the greatest MC but even he has some skills. That remix was pretty dope actually, don’t know what’s the reason for the hate. Swagga Like Us on TI’s album is fire too. Hard to hate on rappers for remixing that song when it is based entirely off a riff from a rock song anyway.

By: Maitri

Maitri — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:56:47 +0000

M.I.A. ruins a perfectly good song by the Clash (“Straight To Hell” – give it a listen some time).

By: Margin Fades

Margin Fades — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:56:28 +0000

Oh, but it gets much worse: two radio disk jockeys in the heart of Oklahoma have corrupted Paper Planes into this year's OU vs. UT anthem.

Given my alumni affiliation, and since OU plays UT today, I take this opportunity to say BOOMER SOONER!

By: Lurker

Lurker — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:30:11 +0000

“Swagger Like Us” is a seriously dope track! An excellent use of the ‘Paper Planes’ sample. Hov, what!