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Ol’ Dirty Bastard

Shimmy Shimmy Ya

1995 · via Snoop Dogg

Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s 1995 recording of “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” is the earliest release on file. Ol’ Dirty Bastard shares the writing credit with RZA. Also recorded by El Michels Affair (released 2009), Taggy Matcher (released 2009) and The Lullabeats (released 2022), among 15 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Snoop Dogg’s “Conditioner” (2000) carries this song’s writers on its credit.

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Look at the credits on "Conditioner" and you'll find RZA and Ol' Dirty Bastard sitting right next to Calvin Broadus. Play the 1995 record they carried over, then hear what Snoop built on top of it.

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Credited writers: Ol’ Dirty Bastard and RZA.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1995.

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Snoop Dogg’s “Conditioner” (2000) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.

Other recordings on file · first release year

15 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Snoop Dogg's "Conditioner" carries the writing credit of "Shimmy Shimmy Ya." Who first recorded that earlier song?Ol’ Dirty Bastard
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