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fluffernutter
11-19-2002, 06:53 PM
I was asked this by one of my friends tonight and traced it back to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, BUT...did it appear somewhere else first? Was it music related or culture related? It will be intresting to find out.

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canofsoup15
11-19-2002, 06:56 PM
Yea of course, bloodhound gang. lol.

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Katylina
11-19-2002, 06:57 PM
It was in 8 Miles as well.

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Death Metal Moe
11-19-2002, 08:27 PM
It dates back to the great fire in ancient Rome.

HOLY SHIT Terelious! The ROOF IS ON FIRE!

Let us flee to the foot hills.

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schmega
11-19-2002, 08:31 PM
andre rison.
HordeKing1
11-19-2002, 08:37 PM
The roof (the roof, the roof) is on fire?

We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn. Burn motherfucker, burn.

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fluffernutter
11-19-2002, 09:11 PM
Why am I not surprised with the wisenheimer answers? Actually, I was expecting it but also I really wonder where this came from. Yeah...
...weisenheimers!

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LatinSpiceXoX
11-19-2002, 09:55 PM
Harlem-1970, on a breezy night, when Newport-parties were hosted on the roof.

Also the year this became popular: '..let me get a loosey..'

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A.J.
11-20-2002, 04:08 AM
Chicago, 1871.

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DarkHippie
11-20-2002, 05:33 AM
they were trying to shut up the Fiddler

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TheMojoPin
11-20-2002, 08:18 AM
they were trying to shut up the Fiddler

Nero was Jewish?

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BrianTheBailBondsman
11-20-2002, 09:04 AM
a spin off of burning down the house! , dicso inferno , hence The roof

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HordeKing1
11-20-2002, 03:34 PM
When Macy's went out of business, they had a rooftop "fire sale."

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canofsoup15
11-20-2002, 03:42 PM
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn,
Burn motherfucker burn.

Hello my name is Jimmy Pop and I'm a dumb white guy,
I'm not old or new but middle school fifth grade like junior high,
I don't know mofo if y'all peeps be buggin' give props to my ho cause she all fly,
But I can take the heat cause I'm the other white meat known as 'Kid Funky Fried',
Yeah I'm hung like planet Pluto hard to see with the naked eye,
But if I crashed into Uranus I would stick it where the sun don't shine,
Cause I'm kind of like Han Solo always stroking my own wookie,
I'm the root of all that's evil yeah but you can call me cookie,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn,
Burn motherfucker burn.

Yo yo this hard-core ghetto gangster image takes a lot of practice,
I'm not black like Barry White no I am white like Frank Black is,
So if man is five and the devil is six than that must make me seven,
This honkey's gone to heaven,
But if I go to hell then I hope I burn well,
I'll spend my days with J.F.K., Marvin Gaye, Martha Raye, and Lawrence Welk,
And Kurt Cobain, Kojak, Mark Twain and Jimi Hendrix's poltergeist,
And Webster yeah Emmanuel Lewis cause he's the anti-christ,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn,
Burn motherfucker burn.


Bloodhound Gang - Fire Water Burn


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dassal3399
11-20-2002, 03:42 PM
no i think grandmaster flash was the first

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TheMojoPin
11-20-2002, 04:31 PM
The Bloodhound Gang did NOT do it first. Please, stop the lame-ass insanity.

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Lulu
11-20-2002, 04:45 PM
i can't believe no one mentioned sway by coal chamber. thats where i first heard it. it was also in that nelly video.

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fluffernutter
11-20-2002, 04:48 PM
The Bloodhound Gang did NOT do it first.


Thanks Mojo! That is where this whole thing started. I think Grandmaster Flash was the first bit maybe Earl will see this and set it straight.

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grlNIN
11-20-2002, 08:00 PM
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn. Burn motherfucker, burn


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HordeKing1
11-21-2002, 05:59 PM
The follow up to "The Roof is on Fire" is...."The Basement is Flooded."



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Captain Rooster
11-21-2002, 06:20 PM
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SuperDave
11-22-2002, 07:40 PM
It's actually Rockmaster Scott and the Dynamic 3. Why is it that everyone assumes that any old school (pre-run-DMC) rap song is automatically Grandmaster Flash?

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fluffernutter
11-22-2002, 07:53 PM
Thanks superdave as I have to track that down now. I wasn't assuming I just got as far back as GMF and couldn't find anything previous. Thanks!

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SuperDave
11-22-2002, 08:27 PM
Nothing personal against you, just a trend i've noticed. Also your best chance would be an old school copmilation CD. The only place I've found online that has the album in stock is a record shop in England and they want a fortune for it.

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fluffernutter
11-22-2002, 08:32 PM
Aww damn! I was hoping to bashed on and beaten tonight. Oh well. I found this one old compilation a year or so ago of old school Dj's but never picked it up. I think it was a two record set and the record was just so damn think. I gotta hunt that down.

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