https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 06 May 2026 01:44:36 +0000 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:57:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5205 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5205&PID=23950&title=will-smith-gettin-giggy-wit-it#23950 Author: eric_a
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Posted: 27 September 2009 at 7:57pm

Not positive I still have it, but I'll check. From what I remember, it wasn't any different than the re-edited later versions. Also, a pic on Ebay calls it "Album Version (3:47)".

]]> Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:57:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5205&PID=23950&title=will-smith-gettin-giggy-wit-it#23950 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5205&PID=23949&title=will-smith-gettin-giggy-wit-it#23949 Author: Pat Downey
Subject: 5205
Posted: 27 September 2009 at 7:32pm

Does anyone have this 12" single that can pass along the running time?]]> Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:32:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5205&PID=23949&title=will-smith-gettin-giggy-wit-it#23949 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5205&PID=23924&title=will-smith-gettin-giggy-wit-it#23924 Author: chendagam
Subject: 5205
Posted: 22 September 2009 at 4:29pm

Interesting! I guess it was to avoid all of the problems Rihanna and Jackson faced. I guess I should be glad I picked up that 12" at the record show I attended back in 1997.]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:29:42 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5205&PID=23924&title=will-smith-gettin-giggy-wit-it#23924 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5205&PID=23919&title=will-smith-gettin-giggy-wit-it#23919 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5205
Posted: 22 September 2009 at 7:51am

eric_a wrote: ...the lawsuit would have been by Manu Dibango, who created that "Soul Makossa" lick, and who later came to an arrangement with Michael Jackson.

Whoa! I forgot all about that record! I used to have the 45 when I was a kid, but I have no idea what happened to it. Cool song.]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:51:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5205&PID=23919&title=will-smith-gettin-giggy-wit-it#23919 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5205&PID=23912&title=will-smith-gettin-giggy-wit-it#23912 Author: eric_a
Subject: 5205
Posted: 21 September 2009 at 10:39pm

If I recall correctly, they modified the song between servicing the promo 12" ("Mama-seh, mama-sah") and the CD promo ("Mama-UHH").

On a sidenote, the lawsuit would have been by Manu Dibango, who created that "Soul Makossa" lick, and who later came to an arrangement with Michael Jackson. I think he'll see yet another payday thanks to Rihanna's "Don't Stop The Music," which also uses the lick.

The New Yorker tracked Dibango down after MJ died - check this out:New Yorker story

Edited by eric_a]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:39:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5205&PID=23912&title=will-smith-gettin-giggy-wit-it#23912 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5205&PID=23911&title=will-smith-gettin-giggy-wit-it#23911 Author: aaronk
Subject: 5205
Posted: 21 September 2009 at 9:43pm

No kidding!? I just listened to the LP version, and by-golly it does sound like they've edited some lyrics out, replacing them with the "uhhs." I wonder if they did this to avoid a lawsuit with Michael Jackson.]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:43:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5205&PID=23911&title=will-smith-gettin-giggy-wit-it#23911 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5205&PID=23909&title=will-smith-gettin-giggy-wit-it#23909 Author: chendagam
Subject: 5205
Posted: 21 September 2009 at 9:01pm

Has anyone noticed that the promo 12" has a slightly different lyric at the "Mama-unh mama-unh ima come closer" part? From memory the lyric above is from the LP version on the CD. The 12" promo does not have the "unh's" in there. Instead it sounds like something from the lyric of Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" I have the 12" but have not captured it to the computer yet to give the exact lyric or provide a sample.

I'm assuming that this is an early version and then they decided to give it a little "kick" later.]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:01:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5205&PID=23909&title=will-smith-gettin-giggy-wit-it#23909