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Syl Johnson

Different Strokes

1967 · via Boogie Down Productions

Syl Johnson’s 1967 recording of “Different Strokes” is the earliest release on file. Johnny Cameron and John Zachary are credited as its writers. Boogie Down Productions’ “Criminal Minded” (1987) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Syl Johnson – Different Strokes
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Syl Johnson had Different Strokes on wax in 1967, twenty years before Criminal Minded came along and sampled it. Put his side on first and you'll hear the bones KRS-One and Scott La Rock were standing on.

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Credited writers: Johnny Cameron and John Zachary.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1967.

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Boogie Down Productions’ “Criminal Minded” (1987) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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