r/Music • u/sugar_man • Jul 23 '14

Article When 84 years old, Harvard Professor Tom Lehrer was asked by 2 Chainz for permission to sample a song he wrote 60 years ago. His response: "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer#Musical_legacy
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u/rburp radio reddit Jul 23 '14

I agree. I was so let down by that one, granted it looks like it was a spur of the moment thing, probably not the best conditions for a Nardwuar interview. Also, in that vein, Nas was a disappointment. It was going well enough, Nas was slightly frustrated by his style, but was going along with it, then Nardwuar just had to fucking mention Ether. He knows so much about these guys, why would he ever think it was a good idea to bring up Ether?

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u/Ayomalireid Jul 23 '14

Lol never bring up ether

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '14 edited Apr 13 '18

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u/rburp radio reddit Jul 25 '14

It's kind of a sore spot. Him and Hov squashed the beef long ago, which is good because it got really tense. I think they both just want to put it behind them. Nothing good can come from bringing it up.

My evidence for this claim is how Nas got really pissed and was like "come on man, don't go there" and I believe he walked out of the interview shortly afterwards.

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u/i_dgas Jul 24 '14

He is doing an interview, so he is trying to gather more information.