one of my favorite songs ever. it's been sampled so much too.

This is my favorite DeBarge song.

One of my favorites...

I can't watch/see it now but I'll listen to it later.

there is not much that can be said about this song

Wonderful.

Bree8016 said:

2Pac "I Ain't Mad at Cha"

I thought this was interesting since I somehow knew the 2Pac song before I heard this song.

"I Ain't Mad at Cha" was the first song to interpolate the core melody of the song "A Dream" an album track by DeBarge, written and performed by Bunny, and taken from their 1983 album In a Special Way. This makes the instrumentals very identical. This is most apparent in the piano usage which is almost identical to the original song. The main difference is "A Dream" uses a keyboard for its notes, while "I Ain't Mad at Cha" uses more of a classical piano. Daz's main job as producer of the song was changing this piano instrument, as most other aspects of the song were the same. The tempo of the original song was also sped up, which matches with 2Pac's pace of rapping. Another minor difference is the accompanying beat uses different sounds to project the same repetition (sped up as previously noted). When 2Pac entered the studio the beat was already complete, and 2Pac wrote the lyrics and recorded the song all in a few hours. Shortly thereafter, BLACKstreet released "Don't Leave Me" (their follow-up single to "No Diggity") to radio, which also interpolates the melody of "A Dream".



http://en.wikipedia.org/w...Mad_at_Cha

LOL...I'm listening to this at this SEC, so coinkydink.

Needless to say, marvelous tune.

that song is lovely. a little +


I too heard Pac's "I ain mad atcha" before this diddy. Dayum them Debarges were talented. Breaks the heart learning all they've been through.

DesireeNevermind said:

I know.

Pac!!!

..way too much syrup on them pancakes.....eeeeerrrrrnnnnn.

dannyd5050 said:

Here's another hit that samples "A Dream".

"Don't leave me gurl~ Please stay with me toniiiight~" This song and I Ain't Mad At Cha, those two got me hooked on the original. The song is so romantic with lots of melancholy-ness.

Mary did a remake for Money Talks soundtrack. It sound even more sad. Mary's voice color has a lot to do with it, I think. You don't really feel the same way about Bunny's voice.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...62g-kUAEWk

thi s a classic debarge song its hotness but not one of the best songs just most sampled they have some greatness that has been slept on

Debarge.. CLASSIC.

love BlackStreet

2pac all day

Don't forget Mary's cover:

Cinnie said:

You know which one we forgot, the version that was played in "Waiting To Exhale" on the piano. That was a good version also.

daPrettyman said:

Ow, I don't remember that part! I haven't watched it in ages.

Cinnie said:

It was played in the dance studio scene.

I made a mistake....it was "Soul Food" not Waiting to Exhale. I guess old age is catching up with me.

daPrettyman said:

Soul Food I haven't seen since that one time in `97 when it was released

Cinnie said:

I think this is the audio from it.

Looks like someone did a youtube of all of the different samples/versions of this song.