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Jay Z’s “Tom Ford” includes a sample from M.I.A.’s “Bad Girls,” the lyrics of which follow the same cadence and flow.
Get back, get down
Pull me closer if you think you can hang
Hands up, hands tied
About Jay Z and the song, the real Tom Ford said:
“I know (Jay Z) and he emailed me when he was working on it, and he said, "Oh you know I’ve got a song called Tom Ford, and I can’t wait for you to hear it blah blah blah.” When it came out, A) I had to go to this thing called Rap Translator or something like that online to translate so I could understand…“
In 2013, when Toronto mayor Rob Ford was embroiled in what seems like dozens of simultaneous scandals, Canadian DJ Steve Porter remixed “Tom Ford” incorporating soundbites from press conferences, one of numerous similar parodies. That Ford’s antics coincided perfectly with the release of this song is the kind of star alignment comedians can only pray for…
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