"Songs where the radio version is the "official" version "
The uncensored version of Eminem - My Name Is came on my playlist this morning, and I was so confused. I'm singing along in my head and nothing was matching up.
The album version is terrible compared to the radio version. It should be erased from history
6. "What's the difference ? I love that song .." In response to Reply # 4
.. but not sure I ever noticed a difference between edited and unedited, at least not one that was all that jarring. So apparently I don't love it that much ? Hah.
7. "This happened often in the 90’s. Likely because of videos and some" In response to Reply # 0
songs blowing up off MTV/BET which would be the radio edit versions of songs.
For me growing up in a STRICT household where I wasn’t allowed to buy albums with the Explicit tag on them, those radio/video versions were all I knew. I still remember one of the worst times I got in trouble as a kid was my dad finding the unedited cassette single for Hit ‘Em Up which had the unedited version of How Do You Want It as the B side. He made me sit down and listen to both songs with him. He was PISSED.
Given that I remember being shocked when I went to college and started buying albums from the early 90’s and hearing the actual unedited versions of songs I thought I knew…
8. "Haha for me it was Onyx "Bacdafucup"" In response to Reply # 7
My parents saw the album title and it didn't register with them at first so they bought it for me. I was 8.
Shortly thereafter, I'll never forget, we were at a family reunion on the lake and my mom and uncle found my tapes laying around, and were reading the song titles of the Onyx album. They got to "Black Vagina Finda" and about fell out of their seats laughing. Never saw that tape again.
I tried in vain to convince them Parental Advisory albums were OK for the next few years but had no luck. Literally had them sit down with me to watch music videos (which were heavily edited !) and they still wouldn't budge lol. I think one of the videos was the Let Me Ride video. They prolly noticed things I wouldn't have picked up on at that age. Also the "edited" versions of Death Row songs were still hella vulgar lol.
>I still remember one of the worst times I got in trouble as a kid was my dad finding the unedited cassette single for Hit ‘Em Up which had the unedited version of How Do You Want It as the B side.
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10. "thought my mom was asleep so I played NWA or Ghetto Boyz" In response to Reply # 8
mom bust in the kitchen and declared NO RAP IN THIS HOUSE.
shoulda known better.
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16. "I remember someone had the clean tape version, "Bacdafacup"" In response to Reply # 8
Whole tape was comedy with the edits.
Also remember this religious dude (was old enough to drive, so we were in our late teens) had the dirty tape versions of some albums, but he knew where the curses were so he'd tap the FFWD button on the car's tape deck to skip over them
35. "Death Row were the kings of this. They’d have multiple " In response to Reply # 8
levels of edits because the album versions were just so explicitly explicit lol…to the point that the radio edit versions were still too vulgar for MTV/BET so they’d have an even heavier edit for the video. Also some of their edits were hilarious with the sound effects inserted in and the slang words that replaced the original cuss words with even more foul meaning, but they’d get away with it because the replacement slang wasn’t mainstream enough to be known by the censors lol…
>Also the "edited" versions of Death Row songs were still hella vulgar lol.
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9. "man.. I got burned on so many video singles" In response to Reply # 0
when buying the album. That shit shouldve been illegal.
Fugees album version of Mona Lisa
smh
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to the point where I had a hard time understanding Mona Lisa vs. Nappy Heads vs. Mr Incognito. The fact that Mr. Incognito wasn't released publicly at the time made it even weirder
31. "Told this story in The Lesson before" In response to Reply # 9
Growing up, I caught the video for K-9 Posse's "This Beat Is Military" on either Yo! or Rap City and loved it. (It was like 1989) Ran out and bought the album that weekend, and was crushed to hear that the version on it was completely different.
Like 15-20 years later, I found the 12" in a used record shop, with the video version, and got amped. Threw it on the turntable listening station and.... wooooooooooooo that shit was wack AF. Then I played the album version that I'd initially disliked, and discovered that it aged a lot better.
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56. "The ‘90s was rife with bait and switch singles." In response to Reply # 9
That era was horrible when it came to that practice. Many a pissed off disappointed fan was made from acts who (to paraphrase KRS One) made a wack album then remixed it for their single. We can’t count how many times cats got burned because the far superior radio/video version, that wasn’t labeled as such, had prompted them to go cop the album only to be met up with the trash album version.
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20. "I heard the album first so it was refreshing to hear the remix" In response to Reply # 13
but man, I woulda been mad at that one too if it was the other way around.
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Tiger Woods Member since Feb 15th 2004 18412 posts
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15. "Big Pimpin is a classic case" In response to Reply # 0
Hov even plays his 2nd (radio) verse live
Legend has it Bun and Pimp C so thoroughly fried Jay that he felt compelled to go back and do another verse. Which, fine…but Jay’s 2nd verse is awesome and isn’t on the album. It’s irritating
17. "That whisper somg (wait 'till you see my _____)" In response to Reply # 0
Was in a skating rink when they played the dirty version one day. I was outraged, lol. Not at the "dick," but everything else that was edited out of the radio version.
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34. "in college i had a professor that said" In response to Reply # 18 Wed Dec-06-23 05:47 PM by luminous
this song was homophobic because Punks = gay and the verse about "fuck up a faggot". but the clean version doesn't have the faggot part so there was a huge argument about this...
but the clean version does say sissy...
edit again to say, i just listened to the album version and he does say he is not down with gays... and this is not on the clean verson.... so yeah, it's homophobic... I guess the professor was right... but the class mainly argued that "punks" did refer to gay men and this song wasn't about beating up gay men... which is what the professor was saying the song it about...
-- Sometimes you have to look reality in the face and say 'No!' -Ben (Reaper)
it was so smooth I thought the original was clunky at first. First one is still dope too. Especially when you hear the sample break down at the beginning of this video.
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25. "Can I get a....Jay z" In response to Reply # 0
-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.
27. "Erykah Badu - Bag Lady" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Dec-06-23 04:42 PM by luminous
I actually like the album version better. it's more chill and fits in with the feel of the album... but yeah, there needed to be a more radio friendly version...
okay, just read response #3... LOL!
-- Sometimes you have to look reality in the face and say 'No!' -Ben (Reaper)
33. "I'm a bit confused on what's being asked" In response to Reply # 27
I THINK they aren't asking about remixes as in having a different beat. It's more about songs where the edited version is actually better than the explicit one. I think something like Big Pimpin would qualify with the addition of the second verse but something like Bag Lady is a different question. Could just be any song where the single is different than the album version though.
40. "RE: I bought Illmatic from Walmart on tape " In response to Reply # 39
>When I didn't know they only sold the edited versions. I >listened to it the whole summer like "I love this but there's >like...a seasoning missing."
when I got it home it said "edited version" on the tape, but when I played it it was the uncensored version. I don't know how often that happened though
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44. "Hahaha me and my boys bought "Country Grammar" from WalMart." In response to Reply # 39 Thu Dec-07-23 11:40 AM by Brew
On the way to spring break. We were doing a road trip from MA to FL senior year in college. We listened to that album, the edited version, front to back, all the way to, and all the way back from Florida. It was funny at first.
53. "Keep in mind though that back in the day for a hit, the radio" In response to Reply # 45
version would get heard WAY more than the album version. Because unless you specifically bought that album, you were hearing the radio/video edited version. And hearing it again and again. When I was a kid I might buy 2-3 albums a month. That’s a lot of albums not getting bought and a lot of singles that I only knew the edited version of.
So then when you’re hearing the album version 20-30 years later, but your nostalgic memory is the edit, there’s a disconnect on what you might enjoy more.
64. "1. Video version (Stay With Me remix)" In response to Reply # 47 Wed Dec-13-23 10:59 PM by DJR
2. “Biggie, give me one more chance, Biggie Biggie give me one more chance”, version with Total on the hook and the “Droppin Science” beat. After looking it up, I guess it’s called “Hip Hop remix”. https://youtu.be/7ev3vsDw4VY?si=dJcTyM2KoSyXEZri
50. "Too $hort’s “Buy You Some”" In response to Reply # 0
Greg Street used to use it for this contest called “Don’t Say Ahhh” (because of how Erick Sermon started the song) where you had to speak on a topic for 60 seconds without saying “uhhhhhh”.
The edits are so crazy, I had no idea what the real song was saying until I downloaded it from AudioGalaxy.(RIP)
59. "Lyte As A Rock and I Wanna Sex You Up" In response to Reply # 0
The video version of Lyte's song is the 'house mix'. I was so mad that wasn't the version on the cassette when I bought it.
Color Me Badd had the right version on the New Jack City soundtrack. That was the one that first broke, and the one that slaps the hardest, What's on the album and video can kick rocks
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