Not even Weezer front man Rivers Cuomo can stop Asher Roth’s quest for hip-hop stardom. After his debut single “I Love College” leaked to the Internet some months back, Roth ran into clearance issues with Cuomo.
According to inside sources, the song which borrows from Weezer’s 1994 hit “Say It Ain’t So,” seemed to have struck a chord with Cuomo who refused to clear the sample even after Asher offered the rock star 100% of the record’s publishing. “Asher offered Rivers all of the publishing and he still wouldn’t clear the sample,” said a source from Asher’s camp, who spoke under the condition of anonymity.
Rather than abandon the record, which has gained a healthy following since it’s initial leak, Roth debuted a remixed version of “I Love College,” on his Myspace page yesterday. Asher is reportedly “thrilled” with the new version of the single, as it still maintains the feel of the original recording and is planning to shoot a video in the coming weeks. – Rob Markman
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November 18th, 2008
at 2:39 pm
TheRefriedMexican says:
WEEZER IS ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVE ROCK BANDS I’M DOWN WITH. LET THIS BE A LESSON TO ALL WHO WANT TO SAMPLE:
CLEAR THE SAMPLE FIRST, THEN DO THE SONG! DUMBF%$S!
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November 18th, 2008
at 2:53 pm
G-UNOT KILLA says:
Look @ this Larry Bird lookin Bitch! I outta come out to his nice house in the Burbs disguised in my Cresnshaw janitors uniform and smack him up real good. I’d smack the moose out this bitch hair! He literally is scared to meet me! I asked to meet him about a potential extortion proposition and he just sent me $4 in the mail w/o even meeting me! He is so shook! I got a rocc band commin soon called Crippin & Roses!
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November 19th, 2008
at 12:29 pm
re-yo says:
Why the fuck would you clear a sample before you make the song????????????????
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May 17th, 2009
at 2:00 pm
Weezer Fan says:
You clear a sample before the song is released so you dont piss off the artist who created the sample and so that you can claim royalties on your song FOR MONEY YOU DUMBASS!
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November 18th, 2008
at 2:52 pm
DJ Knox says:
Oh,if only it were that easy “refried”. When ur in the zone and sampling songs to make new music, and the beat’s thumping, the last thing on ur mind in the smoke-filled studio is, “Oh shit, we gotta call the sample clearance agent, son!!” Not happening, even tho, rock artists are known assholes to rappers. Paul McCartney, anyone?
Ghost!!!
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May 29th, 2009
at 1:13 pm
Shady shade says:
Rock artists are known assholes to rappers because rappers can’t even create their own shitty music without stealing it from somebody else first.
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November 18th, 2008
at 6:28 pm
marcus says:
fuck it…I Like the New Version Better anyway. Old ass rockstars are out of touch. Asher is that dude
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November 18th, 2008
at 6:59 pm
latino heat says:
hatin ass cracker!
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November 19th, 2008
at 2:21 am
Drama says:
Refried Mexican,
clearly youre not going to go through the trouble of clearing a sample if you dont know that its going to make a good song. Y waste time if it turns out to be shitty. So ur a dumb ass 4 dat
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November 19th, 2008
at 1:50 pm
TheRefriedMexican says:
OK. CLEAR THE SAMPLE AND THEN RELEASE IT! NOT VICE VERSA!!
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November 24th, 2008
at 11:11 am
dusty boy says:
Nigga FUCK a sample be original make ya own shit!!!
This dude do go hard but come on, Weezer is a legendary band they aint gon’ help this foo make no “Hip Hop” album.
TEXAS STAND UP!!!!
Awready
Yall go cop that Devin!!!
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June 6th, 2009
at 3:28 pm
Jerry says:
Dusty Boy, you’re a incoherent idiot.
You may want to leave those last parts out.
Actually mean what you say and not “This dude do go hard”
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August 10th, 2009
at 2:50 pm
The Doctor says:
“Say It Ain’t So” seems to be about the fear of alcohol while “I Love College” glorifies it. Google some lyrics and compare the two. A lil’ homework never killed no one.
Rivers ain’t a hater; just passionate to his work.
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August 28th, 2009
at 10:49 am
The Nurse says:
I agree with the Doctor.
More importantly, Say It AIn’t So is a very personal song and the lyrics clearly indicate that as much about how a random bottle of Heineken in his icebox triggered memories of Rivers’ father’s alcoholic and abusive past “Dear Daddy, I write you, in spite of year’s of silence/This bottle of Stephen’s, awakens ancient feelings” so no wonder Rivers refused to clear sampling of his song to Asher Roth, who glorified alcohol abuse.
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