I’ve been listening to some old tunes today…what else to do on a rainy day..and came across some songs that were definitely inspiration for Dr. Dre when he produced his album “2001″.

Check these out. I already knew about Backstrokin being the inspiration for “Let’s Get High” but these others surprised me. Some obscure vinyl digging going on.

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I was watching Fiddler on the Roof the other day and noticed some uncanny melody similarities between the song “Tradition” and Prodigy’s song “Fuel My Fire” off of Fat of the Land. Was Liam Howlett listening to musicals while writing this song?
Listen to “Fuel my Fire” and then take a listen to this:

If you don’t have that Prodigy album or just want to listen online there’s no real video for it, someone made a youtube video here using the song.