{"id":89957,"date":"2015-06-02T17:23:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T15:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=89957"},"modified":"2015-06-02T17:23:54","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T15:23:54","slug":"dig-of-the-day-pt-ii-slick-rick-doug-e-fresh-la-di-da-di-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dig-of-the-day-pt-ii-slick-rick-doug-e-fresh-la-di-da-di-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"Dig Of The Day Pt.II: Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh – La Di Da Di (1985)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘Dig Of The Day’<\/em> in full effect! Today we goin’ back in da day with a song called La Di Da Di<\/em>, performed by true old school cats, Doug E. Fresh<\/strong> as the beatboxer and MC Ricky D<\/strong> (later known as Slick Rick<\/strong>) as the rapper. Originally released in 1985 as the B-side to The Show<\/em>. The song gained reputation as an early hip hop classic. Since it’s release it has been sampled or referenced in many other hip hop songs and here’s just a few artists that sampled it \u2013 Redman<\/strong>, DJ Jazzy Jeff<\/strong> and Fresh Prince<\/strong>, De la Soul<\/strong>, Dj Premier<\/strong>, Das Efx<\/strong>, N.W.A<\/strong>., 2Pac<\/strong>, even the others like Mariah Carey<\/strong> and Robbie Williams<\/strong>… The list goes on. Snoop Dogg<\/strong> even covered the song as Lodi Dodi<\/em> on his debut album Doggystyle<\/em>. I was makin’ some tapes recently for my brother’s boombox and recorded this song (among crazy others which you’ll hear in future posts) cause it simply had to be done. And I gotta say, I was mad surprised when I realized how many times I heard vocal samples from this song in others. An absolute must hear!<\/p>\n