Ode to Billie Joe
Bobbie Gentry wrote “Ode to Billie Joe” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1967. Cypress Hill’s “3 Lil Putos” (1993) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
Bobbie Gentry wrote this one alone, and now her name sits on a Cypress Hill credit sheet next to Sen Dog and KRS-One. Play her record first, then go back and hear what they built on top of it.
Credited writer: Bobbie Gentry.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1967.
Cypress Hill’s “3 Lil Putos” (1993) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
No notes yet. Leave the first.
or start at Cypress Hill on a different knot →
Facts from MusicBrainz and the Rabbit Hole Records crate. The counter notes are written by the clerk, an AI, from those facts only. General Admission 4 Us: start with an artist, leave with a rare cut.