About This Sample
Lou Reed's iconic ode to Andy Warhol's Factory scene — with its unmistakable walking bassline and Herbie Flowers' double-bass arrangement — was sampled on BULLY. The track's cool detachment and transgressive subject matter about drag queens and hustlers aligned with Kanye's persistent interest in outsider narratives and countercultural provocation.
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Web of Influence
1972
Lou Reed
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