The Pharcyde's "Runnin'"

One Song

Hartbeat

Music Commentary, Music Interviews, Onesong, Comedy, Music

4.9 • 876 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of One Song, Diallo and LUXXURY break down The Pharcyde’s “Runnin’,” the track from the legendary hip-hop group that brought new flavor to the West Coast sound in the ‘90s. They dive into the group’s introspective lyrics about vulnerability and personal struggle, how they met and collaborated with soon-to-be legendary producer J Dilla (at the time known as Jay Dee), and how Dilla’s genre-reinventing beatmaking style – blending old school hip-hop and bossa nova samples – helped The Pharcyde popularize the alternative hip-hop movement.

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0:00.0	Luxury Today's song is from a hip-hop group that brought a new flavor to the West Coast in the 1990s.
0:09.0	They challenged the norms of hip-hop right at the time that gangster rap has really taken a hold.
0:13.0	But this song went number three on the Billboard U.S. dance sales singles chart in 1995.
0:19.0	And more recently, it landed at number 20 on one magazine's
0:23.5	list of the 100 greatest West Coast hip-hop songs of all time, with its introspective lyrics
0:29.9	about vulnerability and personal struggle, this blending of old-school hip-hop with New Wave
0:35.5	Bossa Nova samples.
0:36.7	And a genre reinventing beatmaking style
0:39.1	from a soon-to-be legendary producer.
0:41.1	This song helped popularize
0:42.5	the alternative hip-hop movement.
0:44.0	That's right.
0:44.6	It's one song,
0:45.5	and that song is running by the far side.
0:48.4	Can't keep running away.
0:56.0	Yeah, keep running away.
1:08.6	I'm an actor, writer-director and sometimes DJ Diallo Riddell.
1:11.6	And I'm producer DJ songwriter and musicologist Luxury,
1:14.9	aka the guy who whispers, interpolation.
1:20.1	And if you want to watch one song, please go to our YouTube channel and watch this entire episode.
1:20.9	And while you're there, please like and subscribe.
1:22.6	All right, let's get into it.
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