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Vampire Weekend – Diplomat's Son
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Either a Whit Stillman-esque coming out / gay love story or a parable about Clash frontman Joe Strummer; really, it’s both of these things. Music critic Simon Reynolds called it “
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Vampire Weekend – Diplomat's Son Samples
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See all of “Diplomat's Son” by Vampire Weekend’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Vampire Weekend – Contra Melt B
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[Intro] / Compound to compound / Compound to compound / Compound to compound / Compound to compound / Compound to compound / Compound to compound / Compound to compound / Compound
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Childish Gambino – Turd In The Oven Samples
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See all of “Turd In The Oven” by Childish Gambino’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Toots & The Maytals – Pressure Drop Samples
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See all of “Pressure Drop” by Toots & The Maytals’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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M.I.A. – Hussel Samples
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See all of “Hussel” by M.I.A.’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Vampire Weekend’s “Hold You Now” Samples A Melanesian Choral Song From ‘The Thin Red Line’
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The band has also used samples on songs like “2021” & “Step.”
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Gagné (Producer) – Forever Samples
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See all of “Forever” by Gagné (Producer)’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Vampire Weekend – I Think Ur a Contra
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“I Think Ur A Contra” is a look into the inner workings of a man’s mind questioning a failed relationship–including all the doubts, signs (once ignored) indicating an unhappy end
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Vampire Weekend – Holiday
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“Holiday” similarly begins life as a ska thrash in the mould of The Specials’ Too Much Too Young with nothing more on its mind than hitting the beach before a submerged bed of
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Vampire Weekend – Taxi Cab
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“Taxi Cab” deals with the darker side of a relationship that Ezra was slowly exposed to (even as their affection deepened) before the inevitable consequences caught up with the
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Vampire Weekend – Run
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“Run” is essentially Vampire Weekend’s take on the themes of Drake’s “Over” (“I know way too many people here that I didn’t know last year–who the fuck are y'all?!”), which may be
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Vampire Weekend – Ottoman
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“Ottoman” was included as the B-side to “Holiday”. It was on Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist OST.
Decline and fall – in a Vampire Weekend song?! Surely you jest! (In other
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Childish Gambino – Turd In The Oven
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The title is perhaps a paean to the unwanted child – the “Bun in the Oven” aka the “Keep-a-nigga Baby”
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Vampire Weekend – California English Pt. 2
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“California English Part 2” serves as a sequel to “California English” yet was a B-side to “Cousins.”
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Vampire Weekend – Giant
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“Giant”, the bonus track from Contra, seems to be a token rap track with its mentions to California, Thrasher Magazine, and yachts. However, within the context of the almost-faux
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Vampire Weekend – Horchata
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Although “Horchata” isn’t a rap song by any means, its lyrics are reference-y enough and potentially even influenced enough to warrant a comparison. Weirdly, New York Magazine
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Vampire Weekend – Cousins
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“Cousins” features long, complicated guitar riffs and disjointed vocalizations in the background, but it’s still good enough to serve as Contra’s second single and gain critical
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Vampire Weekend – White Sky
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Synth foam, perky digital rhythms, joyful whoops and African-flavored guitars…“White Sky” is the sound of a young band discovering how much is possible. Or just a song.
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Vampire Weekend – Giving Up the Gun
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“Giving Up The Gun” is technically an update of Ezra Koenig’s 2004 “Giving Up Da Gun” by L'Homme Run, a comedic rap duo that Koenig created during while attending Columbia
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Vampire Weekend – California English
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Offering keen commentary on snobbish east coast attitudes, “California English” stands out for being one of the most bright, jittery, and hyper songs on an album full of them.
It
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MoMilli – Young Money: Rap, "Step," and V-Dubs (And the Vampy Weeks Rap References You Missed)
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Last week, Vampire Weekend covered “Blurred Lines” on the BBC. A lot of listeners said they’d never heard Ezra Koenig rap to T.I. before–or rap ever !–which got them asking how
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Toots & The Maytals – Pressure Drop
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“Pressure Drop” was recorded in 1969 and gained The Maytals publicity outside of their home country with its appearance in the movie The Harder they Come.
Despite the uplifting
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Tune-Yards – Riotriot
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Transforms a prefabricated computer reggaeton drumline into really winning foreboding
As much as we get a kick out of Vampire Weekend, “riotriot” is what “Diplomat’s Son” should’
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M.I.A. (Ft. Afrikan Boy) – Hussel
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There’s melancholy melodica and Sri Lankan temple horn on “Hussel,” the then eighteen-year-old rapper Afrikan Boy describes his hustles.
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A$AP TyY – OWell
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[Verse 1] / OWell nigga / Got that pound out the whole cell, bring your bitch to that hotel, but you know them fucking hoes tell / Any weight, cause I'm moving like a ton, make
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