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Topic subjectRE: Kanye West f/ John Mayer - Bittersweet
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3011060, RE: Kanye West f/ John Mayer - Bittersweet
Posted by spirit, Fri Nov-02-18 08:50 PM
>That one is not even on YouTube.
>
>Always loved 2Pac - Teardrops and Closed Caskets.
>
>They released that on his Still I Rise album, but like a lot
>of those posthumous releases, they made changes to the song.
>They cut out the “in this woooorrrld” part of Nate’s
>vocals. Not as bad as changing the beats like on a lot of
>others, but still an unnecessary change that made the song
>worse.
>
>http://youtu.be/GX3rMhv3A_c

They probably cut off the “in this world” part to avoid getting sued by the writers of the song he was interpolating. LTD if memory serves. Maybe the rest was dissimilar enough to fly under the radar?


Peace,

Spirit (Alan)
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