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Syl Johnson
Different Strokes
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Syl Johnson had Different Strokes on wax in 1967, twenty years before Criminal Minded came along and sampled it. Put his side on first and you'll hear the bones KRS-One and Scott La Rock were standing on.
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Written by Johnny Cameron, John Zachary.
Recorded earlier by Syl Johnson in 1967.
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Boogie Down Productions' "Criminal Minded" samples a record called "Different Strokes." Which artist had that song on record decades before KRS-One and Scott La Rock got to it?Syl Johnson
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