Help me find the name of a soul song used as a fade-out on a hip-hop track.

December 17, 2005 10:03 PM

Calling all hip hop heads: Please help me find the name of a soul song used as a fade-out on a Little Brother track.

On Little Brother's album "The Listening", track 8 "Shorty on the Lookout" fades out at around 4:20 with a loop from an old soul-ish track and the lyrics:

Why do you keep me hanging on a string
Baby for you I'd do anything
Make up your mind and decide
is it real what you feel?

It's incredibly catchy and I have no idea where the sample came from. Any crate diggers have an idea where 9th Wonder got this clip from?

posted by anthill to media & arts (6 comments total)

According to this site, it is "Hangin" by Stylus. Your lyrics may be incorrect.
posted by LeiaS at 12:20 AM on December 18, 2005

Partial MP3
posted by LeiaS at 12:30 AM on December 18, 2005

Thanks LeiaS. I'm still pretty sure my lyrics are mostly right, though!
posted by anthill at 5:06 AM on December 18, 2005

Usually, a good source for getting questions like these answered is the-breaks.com, although they dont seem to have this particular song listed.
posted by softlord at 8:21 AM on December 18, 2005

You are right, anthill. I didn't actually listen to the song and was just hunting Google for your answer. When I saw that the page with the correct answer had different lyrics, I thought that perhaps the reason I was having difficulty finding the answer with a standard lyrics search might be that yours were slightly misheard. Of course, once I heard that MP3, I realized you were right. Sorry about that!
posted by LeiaS at 8:33 AM on December 18, 2005

Muchos gracias to you all.
posted by anthill at 9:43 PM on December 20, 2005