Rewind: Rappin' 4-Tay 'Don't Fight the Feelin''

Six years after first appearing on Too $hort's 'Life is... Too Short' album and serving time for drug charges, Rappin' 4-Tay delivered his second album, 'Don't Fight the Feelin'' in 1994 which contained his two biggest singles. 4-Tay's biggest charting single and the song that is still the soundtrack to lazy West Coast summer days is 'Playaz Club'. Although it only barely broke the top 40, 'Playaz Club' is an must have for G-Funk fans and connoisseurs of mid 90s trunk bangers. The song's smooth sound is lifted from William Bell and Judy Clay's Stax single 'Private Number'.

Similarly, 'I'll Be Around' by the Spinners is used for 4-Tay's track 'I'll Be Around', the other charting hit from 'Don't Fight the Feelin''. It's not quite as powerful as 'Playaz Club', but fits nicely with his laid back style. A deeper album track from 'Feelin'' is the Bob James sampling 'Sucka Free', lifting a sample from 'Tappan Zee' from James' 'Four'.

Rappin' 4-Tay would never duplicate the success of 'Playaz Club', though he would try with a string of albums.

The Lowdown:
Rappin' 4-Tay 'Playaz Club', 'Ill Be Around', and 'Sucka Free'
from 'Don't Fight the Feelin'' (1994) (MP3/CD)
William Bell and Judy Clay 'Private Number'
The Spinners 'I'll Be Around'
from 'Spinners' (1971) (MP3/CD)
Bob James 'Tappan Zee'
from 'Four' (1977) (MP3/CD)

Bonus Cut:
'Playaz Club' (Instrumental). You can't front on that.