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Herbie Hancock

Spider

1976 · via N.W.A

Herbie Hancock’s 1976 recording of “Spider” is the earliest release on file. Herbie Hancock shares the writing credit with Paul Jackson and Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson. N.W.A’s “100 Miles and Runnin’” (1990) carries this song’s writers on its credit.

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The title track of that 1990 EP carries the writing credit of "Spider," a 1976 Herbie Hancock record he wrote with Paul Jackson and Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson. Spin his first, then the N.W.A, and hear what a rap crew found sitting in a jazz bin.

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Liner notes

Credited writers: Herbie Hancock, Paul Jackson and Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1976.

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N.W.A’s “100 Miles and Runnin’” (1990) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.

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N.W.A's "100 Miles and Runnin'" is built on an earlier song called "Spider," whose writers share the credit. Who first recorded "Spider"?Herbie Hancock
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