SOB X RBE‘s momentum may have slowed following the departures of Yhung T.O. and Lul G (who is currently awaiting trial after being charged with murder in 2019), but DaBoii continues to go hard — and he might just have a solo hit on his hands.
On Monday (January 3), the Vallejo, California rapper took to Instagram to give fans a sneak peek of an upcoming single and video, which features an uptempo, hyphy-infused flip of Gwen Stefani‘s 2005 smash “Hollaback Girl.”
“I feel like one take, n-gga hold on/ I make your mans disappear, where your bro go?/Rich n-gga, still get the piece for the low-low/Bitch said she want me to her self, it’s a no-no,” DaBoii raps in the 16-second snippet.
The only hitch: it appears DaBoii is still waiting for Gwen Stefani to clear the sample. “@gwenstefani can I PLEASE drop Queen?” he begged in his Instagram caption.
DaBoii also took to his Instagram Stories on Tuesday (January 4) to help push the sample clearance through, urging Stefani to “Let a young n-gga b great.”
The 24-year-old rapper’s public request drew support from across the Bay Area, with fans and fellow rappers alike joining his campaign to persuade the former No Doubt singer to clear the sample and bless the Bay with a “Hollaback Girl”-sampling banger.
Legendary Oakland rapper Mistah F.A.B. took to DaBoii’s Instagram comments section to write, “He go so hard!!!!!,” while Berkeley native Rexx Life Raj added, “gwen stop playin.” Berner and IAMSU both left several fire emojis, along with a “Let’s goooooo!” from LaRussell.
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Unfortunately for DaBoii and his band of Bay Area supporters, Gwen Stefani has yet to publicly reply to his sample clearance request, although the 52-year-old singer — who herself hails from Southern California — isn’t especially active on Instagram or Twitter.
Originally released on Gwen Stefani’s 2004 debut solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby., “Hollaback Girl” topped the Billboard Hot 100 the following year while becoming the first song to sell one million digital downloads in U.S. history.
The stomping cheerleader anthem was produced by The Neptunes, and remains an enduring reminder of not only Pharrell and Chad Hugo’s dominant run in the 2000s, but their ability to reinvent pop stars in their Hip Hop image.
“Hollaback Girl” was actually inspired by another Neptunes-produced song — Fabolous’ “Young’n (Holla Back)” — as Pharrell revealed on Naomi Campbell’s web series No Filter with Naomi earlier this year.
“That chorus came from a conversation when you were telling somebody you ain’t no ‘Holla Back’ girl because of the song that [Chad and I] had with Fabolous at the time called ‘Holla Back,’” he told the supermodel.
“Somebody was trying to speak to you and you were like, ‘I’m sorry, I have a name. I’m not no ‘Holla Back’ girl.’ I thought that was so amazing and that ended up being the chorus to ‘Hollaback Girl.’”
Who is this guy ? Where does this site find these rappers ? Maybe he should try reaching out to the record label that owns the rights to the song. Or maybe try hiring a manager, agent, or publicist to handle that kinda stuff. Stop thinking the whole world is listening to you on social media. Another piece of advice, try clearing the sample before you invest mastering or a video for the song. Send them a rough unmastered mix and until you get it cleared, dont spend a penny more. Im sure some rappers literally have albums worth of lost tracks in their vaults that they couldnt get a sample cleared. It sucks we will never get to hear them, but its better than getting sued.
You sound like a straight LAME
Hit up youtube—
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Calvin Cambridge
Too Hard 4 the Radio. (RIP Mac Dre the King of Rap)
Reckless
You think he aint affiliated with Thizzzz Nation, he knows the industry and dont need no advice from your crusty ass.
If you didn’t know, I don’t think Daboii isn’t that upset the sample hasn’t been cleared. To be completely honest even without the potential profit from this song, it put him back on the map in the Bay Area, regardless of whether or not your familiar with him, he’s doing well in his own right
I hope she says nope…go do some original shit and be great at that.
You never heard of a sample before? Just because you sample a beat and flip it on your own track doesn’t make you unoriginal. Tupac, Kendrick, Kanye, whoever the fuck you wanna name, would be considered unoriginal, simply for the fact they flipped someone else’s beat. That makes no sense dawg lmao