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Labi Siffre ( born 25 June 1945 ) is a British poet, songwriter, musician and singer most widely known as the writer and singer of "( Something Inside ) So Strong ", " It Must Be Love " and " I Got The ", the sampled rhythm track which provides the basis for a number of well-known hip hop tracks such as Eminem ’ s breakthrough hit single, " My Name Is ".
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Labi and Siffre
The 1972 Labi Siffre album Crying Laughing Loving Lying features a track entitled Cannock Chase.
* Labi Siffre – musician
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Released in July 2012, the aforementioned " The Soul Sessions Vol 2 " features production from Steve Greenberg ( producer of the first " Soul Sessions ") and finds Stone largely covering lesser-known soul songs from the Seventies and Eighties by acts including The Chi-Lites, The Honey Cone, The Dells, Sylvia, Labi Siffre and Linda Lewis.
Sang followed with " Nothing in the World Like Love " written by UK pop singer-songwriter Labi Siffre.
It also released recordings from British artist Labi Siffre which were produced outside the company.
* Labi Siffre ( 1970 – 1973, Pye International )
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Labi Siffre's original is available on his 1975 album " Remember My Song " ( remastered on EMI CD in 2006 ) and on the 2006 EMI CD of re-mastered tracks " The Best of Labi Siffre ".
* Labi Siffre ( 1970 )
Labi Siffre also made a cameo appearance in the music video.
* Fatboy Slim sampled Rosetta Hightower ’ s cover of Labi Siffre ’ s “ A Little More Line ” ( from his 1970 debut album Labi Siffre ) for the song “ That Old Pair of Jeans ” on Fatboy's 2006 album “ Why Try Harder ”
* An interview with Labi Siffre
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He is remembered with gratitude by the poet and musician Labi Siffre in his poem " education education education ".
In the 1970s Chas & Dave were prominent session musicians, playing for a wide range of artists ; for instance-the hook used on Eminem's " My Name Is " was taken from a Labi Siffre tune, " I Got The ", on which Chas & Dave performed.
Labi and is
" Nadya Labi agrees, saying " there is a lyric in the film that gives the lie to the bravado of the entire girl-power movement.
The song, " I Got The " is often incorrectly referred to as “ I Got The Blues ”, a title Labi rejected as being " a cliché too far ".
Goleman's most successful athletic program is the wrestling team, coached by David Labi who has had 5 individual State Champions and 2 Runner-ups ; followed by the baseball team, coached by Jose Fernandez which has won 8 district championships ; then followed by Softball with 4 Districts Championships and 2 Regional Runner up coached by Orlando Barreda, Raul Costero, and Rookie Rosell.
Labi and poet
" In one of Labi ’ s poems " An Audience Request " he writes-' show us the world / rub our faces in it / show us the hurt / and our place in it ' – and that ’ s exactly what a poet should do " … Benjamin Zephaniah
Labi and songwriter
* Labi Siffre-Singer / songwriter
Labi and musician
While trying to become a full time musician, Labi worked as a warehouseman in Bethnal Green, a filing clerk at Reuters in Fleet Street and as a minicab driver and delivery man.
Labi and ",
The soundtrack also includes Labi Siffre's " It Must Be Love ", performed by Madness.
Labi and I
Kanye West's 2007 album " Graduation " holds a song titled " I Wonder " in which he samples Labi Siffre's " My Song " from Siffre's album, Crying Laughing Loving Lying.
Olivia and Labi's paths have crossed more than once over the years, as illustrated by the fact that Labi and Olivia dueted on a live version of her # 1 pop hit " You're the One That I Want " ( written by John Farrar, and originally featured as a duet with John Travolta in the 1978 film adaptation of the musical, " Grease ").
* " I Wonder " contains samples of " My Song " by Labi Siffre
Labi and ".
More appear on his poetry blog " Labi Siffre-Into The Light ".
Siffre and is
The song has remained enduringly popular and is an example of the political and sociological thread running through much of Siffre ’ s lyrics and poetry since the single " Thank Your Lucky Star " and the album " For the Children " ( 1973 ).
It is his sense of being an outsider which enables Siffre to expose and yet understand hypocrisy and prejudice.
Siffre took exception to the lyric objecting to what he describes as " lazy writing " ( in the sleeve notes of the EMI re-mastered CD of the source album Remember My Song ): " Attacking two of the usual scapegoats, women and gays, is lazy writing.
Siffre is credited as writer of the original song in the liner notes.
Siffre and British
Born the fourth of five children, at Queen Charlotte's Hospital Hammersmith, London to a British ( Barbadian / Belgian ) mother and a Nigerian father, Siffre was brought up in Bayswater and Hampstead and educated at a Catholic independent day school, St Benedict's School, in Ealing, west London.
Siffre and songwriter
Siffre had his first U. S. singles success as a songwriter when, in 1983, the cover version of " It Must Be Love " by Madness peaked in the Billboard Magazine chart at # 33.
Siffre and singer
In the early 60s, in a Jimmy Smith style trio, with Bob Stuckey on Hammond Organ and Woody Martin on drums, Siffre, on guitar, played for nine months at Annie's Room, a jazz club fronted by the singer Annie Ross.
Siffre and ",
For rapper Eminem's hit single " My Name Is ", hip hop record producer Dr. Dre wanted to use a sample ( written by Siffre and including Siffre on electric piano ) of his song I Got The for the rhythm track.
Siffre and Must
In the early 1970s he had UK hits with " It Must Be Love " ( No. 14, 1971 ) ( later covered by and a No. 4 hit for Madness, for which Siffre himself appeared in the video ); " Crying Laughing Loving Lying " ( No. 11, 1972 ); and " Watch Me " ( No. 29, 1972 ).
Siffre and Love
After nine months in California he moved back to the UK when, in 1978 two of his songs, " Solid Love " ( performed by Siffre ) and " We Got It Bad " ( co-written and performed by Bob James ) reached the UK finals of the BBC's A Song for Europe.
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