Hitman Howie Tee: Russell Simmons Wanted to Buy Special Ed’s Lyrics For Slick Rick & Picking Samples

[@thedriver1111]

He is a pioneer

[@HouseMusicTshirts]

10:40. What's up? i AM that "DOMINO DUDE" that used to be down with Chubbs. Thank you for remembering/bringing me up. I wisH I saw this interview earlier so I could have told you the REAL reason we were no longer a group. Howie was being kind, but he knows what really happened...because it ended up happening to him. I'll leave that right there. Love your interviews, btw. Howie is one of the most innovative and dopest produced and djs ever. Peace. - DominO !

[@solomonnorthup2168]

Peace bro. Great job on Rock n Roll dude aka It's So Hot. Chilly Q from Mr. Magic rap attack used to murder that song. Later Public Enemy and DJ Johnny Juice would put y'all in every jeep and worldwide with Rebel Without A Pause. Legendary. Peace

[@HouseMusicTshirts]

@@solomonnorthup2168 Thank ya kindly bro.

[@staloskihyze5872]

Howie is one of the most underrated producer!

[@derrickmallory8877]

Excellent Interview 👊🏽

[@tr8086]

So many Legendary Tracks !

[@esseen100]

I'll bet Russell wanted to keep Special Ed on the shelf. He wanted to buy Ed's album b4 it came out. Rush ain't want no competition for Rick who was taking a long time to come out.

[@ibrahimabdul-jalil827]

Facts

[@MindTrickedX24]

I find it inconceivable that those records never went gold. Something really stinks about that. Industry Rule number four thousand and eighty is in full effect.

[@forensicaccountant259]

I am thinking the Teddy Riley production was Now That We Found Love.

[@unique74muzik]

Maximum Reeeeeeeeespect.

[@godscience7821]

Special Ed went to Erasmus high with my brother. He was so dope with the lyrics. I used to study Howie Tee Productions. Hate to act like a groupie lol but the Hitman was the man!!!! The one is Chubbs biggest album, u know select was bullshit.

[@HouseMusicTshirts]

@@godscience7821 Select made bullshit look like caviar. They were the worst!

[@thedriver1111]

Horray the rabbit kicked the bucket. Did he work on Alice

[@K2daMFG]

If you can't hear Slick Rick in your head saying "I'm your idol, the highest title, Numero Uno!" I don't know what to tell you. Makes perfect sense that Russell would want him to ghost write.

[@HypnoticHollywood]

If you don't know Slick Rick had the creativity to write his own songs, I don't know what to tell you.

[@K2daMFG]

@@HypnoticHollywood Biz Markie had the creativity to write his own songs, but he still had Big Daddy Kane write a few songs for him. What's your point?

[@thedriver1111]

I saw Mr T in Boston with The Real Roxanne

[@MrMuis06]

No gold albums for chubb or ed? ...when Howie mentioned the sales stopped around 430 000...I have a feeling incentives were tied to a gold album that they didn't want to pay the artist..so on paper they not gold but in reality they gold or even platinum..grimey !!!

[@MindTrickedX24]

Industry Rule number 4,080...

[@HouseMusicTshirts]

Exactly

[@claudegrinnell9602]

Artist writing for writing been going on. RUN and DMC don’t ever have to worry about life as they have writing credits on the beastie boys debut album that went DIAMOND. But I think Rick wanted Ed to write for Rick not just for storytelling. But the other similarities like West Indian heritage. And probably Ed can tap more into a slick Rick song as they were good friends behind the scenes

[@cheesun124]

Uhmmm, there is no statute of limitations on sampling so…keep it down 😁

[@forensicaccountant259]

Right! There's always some greedy accountant chasing down revenue for their client! 🤣

[@wutang7414]

Why does he sound like a boxer who lost a lot