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Ego Trippin' (song)

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"Ego Trippin'"
Song

"Ego Trippin′" is a 1986 song by Ultramagnetic MCs. The group made a stylistic breakthrough with it; the song boasted dense, minimalist production, featuring erratic lyricism by Ced-Gee and Kool Keith, synthesizer riffs[2] and was the first song to sample Melvin Bliss's "Synthetic Substitution",[3] now one of the most sampled songs of all time.[4]

Lyricism

The Anthology of Rap, published by Yale University Press, makes note of such pseudoscientific terminology in Ced-Gee's lyricism on "Ego Trippin'", particularly the lines "Usin' frequencies and data, I am approximate / Leaving revolutions turning, emerging chemistry / With the precise implications, achieved adversively".[5] Kool Keith's rhymes are manic and expressed in a staccato pace.[5] His lyrics on "Ego Trippin'" also criticize the musical aesthetic of old school hip hop artists at the time: "They use the simple back and forth, the same old rhythm / That a baby can pick up and join right with them / But their rhymes are pathetic, they think they copasetic / Using nursery terms, at least not poetic".[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ultra Magnetic M.C.'s* - Ego Tripping / Funky Potion". Discogs. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  2. ^ Shapiro, Peter (2005), p. 374.
  3. ^ "Melvin Bliss Music Sampled by Others". Whosampled.com. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  4. ^ ""Synthetic Substitution" ~ Melvin Bliss". GeniusRap.com. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  5. ^ a b c The Anthology of Rap (2010), p. 497.
  6. ^ a b c "De La Soul - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  7. ^ "This or That". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  8. ^ Ultramagnetic MC's Music Sampled by Others. WhoSampled. Retrieved on July 10, 2011.