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Wu‐Tang Clan

Can It Be All So Simple

1993 · via Lauryn Hill and 1 more

Wu‐Tang Clan’s 1993 recording of “Can It Be All So Simple” is the earliest release on file. Ghostface Killah, GZA/Genius, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, RZA and U‐God of Wu‐Tang Clan are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Raekwon featuring Ghostface Killah AKA Tony Starks (released 1995), Styles P & Ghostface (released 2005) and Ghostface Killah (released 2009), among 23 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Lauryn Hill’s “Ex-Factor” (1998) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Wu‐Tang Clan – Can It Be All So Simple
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Check the credits on "Ex-Factor" and you'll find RZA, Method Man and Ol' Dirty Bastard listed right next to Ms. Lauryn Hill. Spin this one and hear the song her breakup anthem runs on.

Ex-Factor samples a Wu-Tang Clan record, and every member's name rides along on her writing credit. Put on Can It Be All So Simple and you'll hear the floor her heartbreak song was built on.

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Credited writers: Ghostface Killah, GZA/Genius, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, RZA and U‐God.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1993.

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Lauryn Hill’s “Ex-Factor” (1998) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Other recordings on file · first release year

23 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Lauryn Hill's "Ex-Factor" samples "Can It Be All So Simple." Who recorded that song first, years before her heartbreak ballad?Wu‐Tang Clan
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Lauryn Hill's "Ex-Factor" is built on an earlier song, "Can It Be All So Simple," and carries its writing credit. Who first recorded that one?Wu‐Tang Clan
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