TS: WIll Smith vs. His Samples

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"Men in Black" vs. "Forget Me Nots"
"Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" vs. "He's the Great Dancer"
"Just the Two of Us" vs. "Just the Two of Us" (is there another here?)
"Miami" vs. "And the Beat Goes On"
"Wild, Wild West" vs. "Sir Duke" (and "Wild Wild West" too, I guess)
"Will2K" vs. "Rock the Casbah"

might be missing one or two, but these are the big 'uns.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Saturday, 27 August 2005 05:53 (twenty years ago)

I'd say it's about even.

WS: "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It," "Just the Two of Us" and "Wild, Wild West"

Others: "Forget Me Nots," "And the Beat Goes On," "Rock the Casbah"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Saturday, 27 August 2005 05:54 (twenty years ago)

Smith! Don't diss the Prince

― Voodoo Child, Saturday, 27 August 2005 06:00 (twenty years ago)

You forgot "Summertime" vs. "Summer Madness"

(although the REAL winners are Ice Cube ("You Know How We Do It") and Aaliyah ("Girl Like You"))

― deej.., Saturday, 27 August 2005 07:09 (twenty years ago)

I love Will, but nothing is better than "He's the Greatest Dancer".

― I Ain't No Addict, Whoever Heard of a Junkie as Old as Me? (noodle vague), Saturday, 27 August 2005 11:24 (twenty years ago)

"Miami" actually pissed me off, because "And The Beat Goes On" is my all-time favourite disco (funk? electro-funk? Whaddya call that post-disco, pre-house, big-handclap-on-the-snare-drum style?) tune. Otherwise, yeah, call it even - "He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper" was the second CD I ever owned...

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 27 August 2005 14:23 (twenty years ago)

I'm no big fan of Will Smith -- anyway, "He's the Greatest Dancer" and "Sir Duke" have him beat handily before the competition even starts. Props to Dr. Bill for the genius thread concept, though.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 27 August 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

"He's the Greatest Dancer" isn't so...great. And "Sir Duke" is a very overrated song by a very overrated human being.

I mean yeah, he might have written "Livin' for the City," but did he write "don't let your lip react / y'all don't wanna see my hand where my hip be at"? Thought not.

But yeah, The Whispers rock the fucking house.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Saturday, 27 August 2005 17:20 (twenty years ago)

much prefer the original in EVERY case.

― Savin All My Love 4 u (Savin 4ll my (heart) 4u), Monday, 29 August 2005 05:10 (twenty years ago)

no way is "He's the Greatest Dancer" better than "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It".

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Monday, 29 August 2005 05:17 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

How did nobody catch the fact that "Sir Duke" has nothing to do with this discussion? "I Wish" is the song sampled in "Wild Wild West" (fabulously, too).

― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 05:34 (nineteen years ago)

SNAP

― musically (musically), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 05:55 (nineteen years ago)

Will wins hands down on MIB and Jiggy, btw. Loses on Wild Wild West (though I do think it's a very overlooked single). Not sure on the others for various reasons.

― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 06:03 (nineteen years ago)

West--Jim West, desperado, rough rider; no, you don't want nada, none of this brother: gunninest brother.

― max (maxreax), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 06:56 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

Wow, how did I rate "Wild Wild West" below "I Wish"? "Wild Wild West" might be the best thing he's ever released!

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 January 2009 18:08 (seventeen years ago)

I mean, give him credit at least for knowing to sample Kool Moe Dee and not the Escape Club.

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 January 2009 18:10 (seventeen years ago)

Losing all the way. The sources of his samples are mostly really great, while such obvious sampling is always dud no matter how good the original.

― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 4 January 2009 21:52 (seventeen years ago)

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