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Ronnie Hudson and the Street People

West Coast Poplock

1982 · via Dr. Dre

Ronnie Hudson and the Street People’s 1982 recording of “West Coast Poplock” is the earliest release on file. Larry Troutman and Roger Troutman are credited as its writers. Dr. Dre’s “California Love” (1996) carries this song’s writers on its credit.

Ronnie Hudson and the Street People – West Coast Poplock
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Before Dre and Tupac ever claimed California, this record had it in 1982, and the Troutman brothers' names rode along onto the credits of the hit. Play this one first, then the one you know, and listen for the ground they share.

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Credited writers: Larry Troutman and Roger Troutman.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1982.

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Dr. Dre’s “California Love” (1996) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.

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