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i've a vague feeling this has been asked before, but has there ever been a hiphop cover where the vocals were translated 'musically' ie. (using instruments, not voices)? i think this might happen quite a bit on midi files/cellphone rings..

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Monday, 10 November 2003 21:01 (twenty-two years ago)

what do you mean by a "hip hop cover"? like, not an actual sample, but a song where the musicians replay the part of the original song? dr. dre style?

― JaXoN (JasonD), Monday, 10 November 2003 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

well i mean everything could be sampled/recreated/reproduced as is, except for the actually rapping which would be 'covered' using a sax or a gameboy or an ondes martenot or a dsp filter etc

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Monday, 10 November 2003 21:11 (twenty-two years ago)

ondes martenot

Yesss I'd like to hear this.

― scott m (mcd), Monday, 10 November 2003 21:13 (twenty-two years ago)

bonus question: (so this becomes more than a list thread)(if it becomes anything) what instruments would you use to cover which rappers and WHY? (i call dibs on the 'oboe trice' joke)

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Monday, 10 November 2003 21:36 (twenty-two years ago)

phife dog - tenor sax. the clarence clemons of rap.

― mig, Monday, 10 November 2003 22:18 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, so you're talking about a cover of a hip hop song, not a hip hop song that's covering another song?

what about something Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy. i guess they did a cover of Biggie Small's track

― JaXoN (JasonD), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 00:20 (twenty-two years ago)

cello would be good for this in general!

Eminem = viola!! (not violin because violin = way too high)

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 02:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Slick Rock = oboe!!!!! SEARCH YOUR FEELINGS, YOU KNOW IT TO BE TRUE!!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 13:20 (twenty-two years ago)

"Slick Rick"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 13:20 (twenty-two years ago)

freeway - french horn (the first ones were meant to be played while riding a horse)(y'know - the chase, each word hanging on to the last)

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Tuesday, 11 November 2003 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

redman = ?

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Trombone for Chali 2na.

― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 20:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Redman = oboe?

― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

mystikal = electric slide whistle

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

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