Keep on Movin' (Soul II Soul song)
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| - | "'''Sound of da Police'''" is the second and final single from rapper [[KRS-One]]'s first solo album, ''[[Return of the Boom Bap]]''. The song begins with KRS-One whooping twice to evoke a [[siren (noisemaker)|police siren]] (the "sound of the police"); this recurs several times throughout the song. This song was used in the trailer for [[Cop Out]]. "Sound of da Police" was released as a CD single featuring a [[b-side]], "Hip-Hop vs. Rap". The song is produced by Showbiz from [[DITC]]. | + | |
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| - | The lyrics refer to police, in places like [[The Bronx|Bronx, New York]]. The lyrics are a protest against institutionalized racism, oppression and violence against the black community. This is all purveyed with lines like "''Are you really for peace and equality?''", comparing police officers to [[plantation]] [[overseer]]s, from the slave trade. This song is very similar to a song released by [[N.W.A]] called [[Fuck tha Police]], released 5 years earlier. | + | |
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| - | =="Hip-Hop vs. Rap"== | + | |
| - | The b-side of "Sound of da Police" was the song "Hip Hop vs. Rap". The song contains samples of "[[The Bird]]" by [[Jimmy McGriff]] and "[[Ain't No Sunshine]]" by the [[Gregory James Edition]]. However, the song is known for KRS-One's various interpolations of songs starting halfway through the song and continuing until the end of the song. These songs, in order of appearance, are: | + | |
| - | *"Adventures of Super Rhyme (Rap)" by [[Jimmy Spicer]] (2:37 - 2:42) | + | |
| - | *"[[I Get Around (2Pac song)|I Get Around]]" by [[Tupac Shakur]] (2:42 - 2:44) | + | |
| - | *"[[Sucker M.C.'s]]" by [[Run-D.M.C.]] (2:44 - 2:46) | + | |
| - | *"Freedom" by [[Grandmaster Flash]] and [[Furious Five|the Furious Five]] (2:47 - 2:49) | + | |
| - | *"Welcome to the Terrordome" by [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] (2:49 - 2:51) | + | |
| - | *"[[I Wonder If I Take You Home]]" by [[Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam]] and [[Full Force]] (2:51 - 2:54) | + | |
| - | *"[[Microphone Fiend]]" by [[Eric B. & Rakim]] (2:54 - 2:59) | + | |
| - | *"Outta Here" by KRS-One (3:00 - 3:01) | + | |
| - | *"Too Late" by [[Junior (singer)|Junior]] (3:02 - 3:04) | + | |
| - | *"Boom Bye Bye" by [[Buju Banton]] (3:04 - 3:07) | + | |
| - | *"[[Insane in the Brain]]" by [[Cypress Hill]]" (3:07 - 3:09) | + | |
| - | *"[[Superappin']]" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (3:09 - 3:11) | + | |
| - | *"[[Method Man (song)|Method Man]]" by [[Wu-Tang Clan]] (3:11 - 3:14) | + | |
| - | *"[[The Bridge Is Over]]" by [[Boogie Down Productions]] (3:14 - 3:16) | + | |
| - | *"More and More Hits" by [[Nice & Smooth]] (3:16 - 3:19) | + | |
| - | *"[[Planet Rock (song)|Planet Rock]]" by [[Afrika Bambaataa]] & and the [[Soulsonic Force]] (3:19 - 3:21) | + | |
| - | *"[[Eric B. Is President]]" by Eric B. & Rakim (3:21 - 3:24) | + | |
| - | *"Super Hoe" by Boogie Down Productions (3:25 - 3:26) | + | |
| - | *"[[The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)]]" by [[Black Sheep (hip-hop group)|Black Sheep]] (3:26 - 3:30) | + | |
| - | *"Back to the Grill" by [[MC Serch]] featuring [[Red Hot Lover Tone]], [[Nas]] and [[Chubb Rock]] (3:31 - 3:33) | + | |
| - | *"Friends" by [[Whodini]] (3:34 - 3:35) | + | |
| - | *"My Philosophy" by Boogie Down Productions (3:36 - 3:41) | + | |
| - | *"[[Hip Hop Hooray]]" by [[Naughty by Nature]] (3:41-3:43) | + | |
| - | *"[[Keep on Movin' (Soul II Soul song)|Keep on Movin']]" by [[Soul II Soul]] (3:43 - 3:46) | + | |
| - | *"Nobody Beats the Biz" by [[Biz Markie]] (3:47 - 3:48) | + | |
| - | *"Pee-Wee's Dance" by Joeski Love (3:48 - 3:50) | + | |
| - | *"Watch Yo Nuggets" by [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] featuring [[Erick Sermon]] & Charlie Marotta (3:50 - 3:55) | + | |
| - | *"[[Method Man (song)|Method Man]]" by [[Wu-Tang Clan]] (3:55 - 3:57) | + | |
| - | *"The Godz" by [[Brand Nubian]] (4:01 - 4:02) | + | |
| - | *"You Ain't Fresh" by [[The Boogie Boys]] (4:03 - 4:07) | + | |
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| - | ==In other music and culture== | + | |
| - | *[[Neg Dupree]] from [[Channel 4]]'s ''[[Balls of Steel]]'' show uses the song as his entrance music, and hollers "Woop-Woop!" during the stunts although he claims that he started howling "Woop-Woop!" before the "Sound of da Police" was released to the public in 1993. | + | |
| - | *"Sound of da Police" was later sampled by [[Fatboy Slim]] in his song "Mad Flava" and [[Girl Talk (musician)|Girl Talk]] in his song "Too Deep". | + | |
| - | *The b-side "Hip Hop vs. Rap" was later sampled for KRS-One's "MC's Act Like They Don't Know", [[The Black Eyed Peas]] in their song "Bend Your Back", [[O.C. (rapper)|O.C.]] in his song "Constables", [[The Alkaholiks]] in their song "2041", [[Will Smith]] in his song "Pump Me Up" and [[Kanye West]] in his song "[[Better Than I've Ever Been|Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been) (DJ Premier Remix)]]". | + | |
| - | *Used in the trailer for [[Cop Out]] | + | |
| - | *Remixed by a DJ in a scene in the French Film [[La Haine]] | + | |
| - | *[[Skindred]] used the first few lines in their song [[Babylon (Skindred album)|Babylon]] | + | |
| - | *British comedy panel game show [[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]] occasionally features a round entitled "Whoop Whoop! Dat's Da Sound Of Da Police" in which each team will be shown a clip of a band or singer and must guess how the artist got in trouble with the police. | + | |
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