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The Gap Band

Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)

1980 · via Dr. Dre

The Gap Band’s 1980 recording of “Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)” is the earliest release on file. Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor and Charlie Wilson are credited as its writers. Dr. Dre’s “Genocide” (2015) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

The Gap Band – Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
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The Gap Band cut this one back in 1980, and a piece of it still runs underneath Genocide decades later. Check the writing credit while it spins; Charlie Wilson's name is on it.

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Credited writers: Lonnie Simmons, Rudy Taylor and Charlie Wilson.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1980.

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Dr. Dre’s “Genocide” (2015) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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