WhoBorrowed: Flow

Benjamin E

Benjamin E

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Inspired by the story of Pimp C's legendary flow on Big Pimpin', a lot of rappers repurpose flows with different intentions... Sometimes it's as a tribute, other times it's biting...

Some rappers are notorious for it like Jay-Z and The Game. If you can't provide evidence or a source, provide reasons why you think it's borrowed. This could be like a 'whosampled' for flows and style in general...

Follow the format:

Artist...
Song...
Borrowed flow from...
Evidence/source...
Biting or Giving props...

For example:



Artist: Pimp C
Song: Big Pimpin'
Borrowed flow from: Big Gipp
Example of borrowed flow: ???
Evidence: http://www.jamfeed.com/news/2015/09...m-reading-weet-jone-pimp-cs-trill-life-story/

"Pimp C didn’t know how to approach the “Big Pimpin” beat, claiming that he “wasn’t a lyricist” like Bun B or Jay-Z. He called his boy Big Gipp from Goodie Mob to ask him if he could borrow his rapping style on the song. With Gipp’s permission, Pimp went on to write undoubtedly the most quotable eight-bar rap verse ever."

Biting or Giving Props: Props
 


Artist: 50 Cent
Song: In the Club
Borrowed flow from: Lloyd Banks
Example of Borrowed flow:
Evidence: Says it right there in the lyrics...

"I'm a tell you what Banks told me 'cause go 'head switch the style up
If the niggas hate then let 'em hate and watch the money pile up"

Biting or Giving Props: Props
 
Artist: Pac.

Pac had 2 signature styles to his flow.

1. He would always rhyme within the rhyme:

Ex:

"It's like erotic
Ironic, cause I'm somewhat psychotic
I'm hittin'' switches on bitches like I been fixed with hydraulics"


And his other signature style was rhyming every other bar :

ex:


Tell me baby are you lonely?
Don't wanna rush ya,
I can help ya if ya only
Let me touch ya,

I never thought I'd see, the day when I would calm down
You ain't heard,
I've been known to clown and Get Around
that's my word

Don't be phony,
'cause I hate when you act like
You don't know me
I've be stressin' in the spotlight


Both signature flows were used on this and Pac's vocal tone and inflections

I live the life of a celebrity
a made nigga
way bigger
then them other cats u love to see


 

Artist: The Game
Song: Compton Story
Borrowed Flow from: Slick Rick
Example of borrowed flow:
Evidence: Obviously aping Da Ruler's English accent, laid back flow and comical storytelling.
Biting or Giving Props: Props. It's a tribute to Slick Rick's "Children Story", all the way down to using a similar intro.
 
Artists:Meek & Nicki
Song: All Eyes on Me
Borrowed flow from: B.I.G.'s verse in Notorious Thugs

Example:

What's yo name?
Who you wit?
Where you from?
You the shit.
Choose and pick. Get the right one.
All these chicks. Got to like one...

Evidence:



 
I'm pressed for time so I can't post videos but 50 and game both used Joe budden flow in this is how we do

The original song was ma ma ma Joe budden featuring ¹12
 
Blactivity said:
Artists:Meek & Nicki
Song: All Eyes on Me
Borrowed flow from: B.I.G.'s verse in Notorious Thugs

Example:

What's yo name?
Who you wit?
Where you from?
You the shit.
Choose and pick. Get the right one.
All these chicks. Got to like one...

Evidence:


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On another note, the bassline on this one always reminded me of Kendrick's "Swimming Pools"...
 
Which leads me to the next one...


Artist: Mystikal feat. Outkast
Song: Neck uv da Woods
Borrowed flow from: Big Gipp (again)
Evidence:
@3:10

Biting or Giving Props: Props since fellow dungeon fam members are on both tracks...
Trivia: Gipp follows the bars with the most pause-worthy lyrics in rap history...
 
I'm going to come back tomorrow and post examples of Jay z using young Chris flow....I gotta do some combing
 
Black Dynamite said:
I most of yall are considering the examples "giving props" , what are some yall consider biting?
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Artist: Migos
Song: Damn near every song
Borrowed flow from: Lord Infamous

Evidence/source:


Biting or Giving props: Biting. They claim they originated that flow when many others did it before them.
 
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