So that breakbeat from the song "Ashley's Roachclip" is one of the most sampled beats in hip-hop, and possibly pop. It hadn't been sampled for awhile, but then Lloyd and Lil Wayne brought it back for their song "Girls All Around the World." So blogger FourFour decided to make a mix of songs that use the beat.
But wait -– MTV News producer Joseph Patel writes in, “Aw man, they're missing Ice Cube's ‘Jackin' For Beats,’ Nice & Smooth's ‘Down The Line,’ and the most famous one: ‘RUN'S HOUSE.’ Suckas.”
So have we missed any others?
Our dude Toshitaka Kondo (or just Toshi) over at the Rhapsody blogs is the king of both exclusives and attracting controversy out of his interview subjects. So it's no surprise that in this conversation with Lloyd, the genteel R&B singer talks about his time at his label, The Inc. (formerly, you know, Murder Inc.), and in the process, somehow equates the decline of Ashanti and Ja Rule with the fall of the Twin Towers.
Not that we're getting all out-of-context mainstream-misunderstanding on you. Just that it's, you know, an odd analogy.
Toshi: You were around when The Inc. was on top. What’s the difference between then and now?
Lloyd: I never got down with the Inc. when they were on top. When I came with the Inc., they were facing a lot. My whole attraction was that I could revive or breathe a little life into this place because it had great history. I was in a place that was built on love and I just wanted to bring some of that in there. Before Street Love, there wasn’t a lot of noise. But after, Ashanti put out a record and Ja put out a record. So it opened up the market for what we had. It’s like the Twin Towers. They knocked them down out of malicious intent and hatred. Those buildings were built on love, hard work, sweat and dedication. Same way with the Inc. When I came there, it was ash and rubble. I’m like, "I gotta restore this building."
Anyway, Lloyd left open the tantalizing possibility of a collabo album with Lil Wayne called The Best of Young Worlds. We wouldn't believe it but that's like, what, one night in the studio for Weezy?
