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Cuomo's cover omits several of Ice Cube's original verses and adds a guitar solo. | Cuomo's cover omits several of Ice Cube's original verses and adds a guitar solo. | ||
===Liner notes=== | ===Liner notes=== | ||
{{Alone liner notes|As much as I had loved rap music and funk in recent years, it seemed like Weezer's sound was evolving in quite the opposite direction, towards uber-white non-funkiness. In fact, any attempt by any white musician to play anything remotely "black" or funky struck Matt and me, with | {{Alone liner notes|As much as I had loved rap music and funk in recent years, it seemed like Weezer's sound was evolving in quite the opposite direction, towards uber-white non-funkiness. In fact, any attempt by any white musician to play anything remotely "black" or funky struck Matt and me, with our new ultra-refined sensibility, as "bad style." We cringed with embarrassment and disgust whenever we saw a white person trying to rap or be funky in earnest. ''White people shouldn't try to be funky'' was the underlying belief. | ||
But I loved rap music. And so I recorded this cover of one of Ice Cube's songs. | But I loved rap music. And so I recorded this cover of one of Ice Cube's songs. | ||