March 19, 2023
The Pharcyde Drop ‘Passin’ Me By’ – Today in Hip-Hop
[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:March 18, 1993: The Pharcyde dropped their second and most commercially successful single, "Passin' Me By," on this day in 1993.As the second single off their 1992 debut album, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, the rap quartet—Slimkid3, Imani, Bootie Brown and FatliP—rapped about stories of love lost over a catchy, piano and saxophone-sampled beat created by producer J-Swift.Slimkid3 credits J-Swift for finding the vinyls for Quincy Jones' 1973 song "Summer in the City" (featuring Valerie Simpson) and Eddie Russ' 1974 jazz tune "Hill Where the Lord Hides" (as well as The Jimi Hendrix Experience's 1967's song "Are You Experienced?") to sample for the...