‘Angel Dust’ passed from Gil Scott-Heron to Sean Price
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Sean Price’s new song of sorts “Angel Dust” reminds me of the first time I heard an artist rap over a sample of Gil-Scott Heron’s classic of the same title:
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Featured on the Coup’s 1998 release Steal This Album, “Me and Jesus the Pimp in a ’79 Granada Last Night” is the kind of tale emcee Boots Riley excels at — equally seductive and cautionary. Spoiler alert: In the end he offs his pops the pimp, played by actor Roger Guenveur Smith (“Smiley” from Do the Right Thing).
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And here’s Gil-Scott performing his original version of “Angel Dust” back in ’82. The bass line is a little more subtle live, but more prominent on the studio cut.