Memento Maury

"Damn, that sound 'bout right
First I thought that I wasn't, but now I think I might
Be raising a lil' girl
Butterflies on the flight, Spitta welcome to the real world"

Curren$y - Paternity Test
(From Independence Day mixtape; 2008)


Rap songs with I Can't Help It samples FTW. I miss the days when Curren$y would flip & bounce a Fabolous ladeez jam into a storytelling track about being summoned to the Maury show for a paternity test. Men lie, women lie, but DNA evidence is like Shakira's hips. The realest shit Spitta ever said is "funny how one night can rearrange your whole life" innit?

(Yes, Essence Fest has got me rediscovering old mixtape era Curren$y songs I haven't listened to in years.)

Generic list post: Rapper's Gaffilin'

Thievery is the very essence of Hip-Hop, with stealing being the first element of Rap music. So, it was inevitable Rap would evolve from replaying other people's tracks, to sampling bits of other people's tracks, to straight jackin' other people's entire tracks. True beatjacks don't feature any contribution from the people who originally recorded the tracks; thus, songs like Juvenile & Mannie's Set It Off, Dipset & Master P's Bout It Bout It Part III and DJ Jazzy Jeff & Peedi Crakk's Brand New Funk 2k7 are música non grata in the official Martorialist top 40 beatjacks list right chea. A great beatjack doesn't necessarily have to be better than the song it jacked, it just needs the new author to stamp their own imprint on it.

Ice Cube - Check Yo Self remix (1993)
Dru Down - Can You Feel Me (1996)
Notorious B.I.G - B.I.G (Interlude) (1997)
Sporty Thievz - No Pigeons (1999)
Craig Mack - Please Listen To My Demo (1999)
Thirstin Howl III ft. Rack Lo - John They're Stealing Part 1 (1999)
G-Unit - EMS (2002)
Ms. Kane - I Ain't The One (2002)
N.O.R.E - Colors (2002)
E-40, San Quinn, B-Legit & Richie Rich - Timin' (2002)
Ghostface Killah - Heard It All Before (2002)
Sean Price - It's My Time (2003)
KanYe West ft. Consequence - '03 Electric Relaxation (2003)
Fam-Lay - Nike Freestyle (2003)
State Property ft. ODB - When You Hear That (2003)
AZ - I Am AZ (2002)
Z-Ro - Mo City Don (Freestyle) (2005)
J. Valentine & Bailey - Go Dumb (I'm Sprung Bay remix) (2006)
Lil' Wayne - Georgia... Bush (2006)
Max B - Dem Boys (2006)
Lakey The Kid - Death Row Is Back (2006)
Curren$y - Reagan Era (2008)
Jadakiss - Welcome To The Roc (2008)
Big Tuck ft. Fat Bastard - Not A Stain On Me (2008)
Giggs - Talkin' Da Hardest (2008)
Lil B - Good Morning (2009)
French Montana & Max B - It Gotta Be (2009)
Lil' Boosie - I Ain't Mad At Cha (2009)
A-Wax - Dead People (2010)
Mysonne - In Jail (2011)
$tarlito - Lil' Boosie Out (2011)
Ezale - Too High (2013)
Kap G - Vato Freestyle (2014)
Dreezy - Chiraq remix (2014)
OMB Peezy - Lay Down (2017)
Flo Milli - Beef FloMix (2019)
Duke Deuce - Crunk Ain't Dead (2019)
Dee-1 - Corona Clap (2020)
Pop Smoke - Armed N Dangerous (2020)
Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman - Ask Anyone (2021)

Now, I wouldn't say Dem Boys is the G.O.A.T Max B beatjack, but it is his most miraculous since he transformed the W.O.A.T Eminem song into something Wavy.