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RZA's 1993 production for the Wu-Tang Clan — built around a sped-up loop of The Charmels' 1967 Stax single 'As Long as I've Got You,' with Method Man's hook and verses from Raekwon and Inspectah Deck. The piano figure is one of the most recognizable in rap history. For 'Pound Cake / Paris Morton Music 2' (2013), Boi-1da chopped RZA's same loop into a slower, more cavernous flip, opening Nothing Was the Same with a direct quotation of Wu-Tang's piano motif before JAY-Z arrives for the song's second half. The Ellie Goulding 'Don't Say a Word' interpolation closes the track. It's a thesis statement: Drake placing himself in lineage with Wu-era New York rap on his most ambitious album opener.

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