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Dr. Dre

Rat‐Tat‐Tat‐Tat

1992 · via Missy Elliott

Dr. Dre’s 1992 recording of “Rat‐Tat‐Tat‐Tat” is the earliest release on file. Dr. Dre shares the writing credit with Snoop Dogg. Missy Elliott’s “Heartbreaker (remix)” (1999) carries this song’s writers on its credit. It is on the album The Chronic (1992).

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That remix runs on a 1992 Dr. Dre cut he wrote with Snoop Dogg, so the credits on Missy's record quietly point back to that pair. Play them back to back and listen for what carried over.

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Liner notes

Credited writers: Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1992.

On the album The Chronic (1992).

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Missy Elliott’s “Heartbreaker (remix)” (1999) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.

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Missy Elliott's "Heartbreaker (remix)" carries the writing credit of an earlier song, "Rat‐Tat‐Tat‐Tat." Who first recorded that one?Dr. Dre
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