"La Di Da Di" is a song performed by

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, who provides the beatboxed instrumental, and MC Ricky D (later known as

Slick Rick Richard Martin Lloyd Walters (born January 14, 1965), better known as Slick Rick, is an English-American rapper and record producer. He rose to prominence with Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew in the mid-1980s. Their songs " The Show" and " ...

), who performs the vocals. It was originally released in 1985 as the

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to " The Show". The song has since gained a reputation as an early hip hop classic, and it is one of the most

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songs in history.

Content

"La Di Da Di" is a light-hearted party song wherein MC Ricky D (Slick Rick) tells a seemingly autobiographical story of a typical day in which he wakes up, bathes, gets dressed, and upon leaving his apartment is accosted by a female love interest, and then by her mother.

Different edits

There are two releases of the song. The original vinyl and cassette versions contain sung lyrics from "

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" by

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, but due to a lack of clearance, CD versions are missing the following lightly modifiedrefrains in the middle of the song: "It's all because of you, I'm feelin' sad and blue
You went away, now my life is illed withrainy day br> ndI love you so, how much you'll never know
'Cause you took your love away from me"

"Lodi Dodi"

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covered "La Di Da Di" (titled "Lodi Dodi") on his 1993 debut album ''

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''.

"Lodi Dodi" charts

Legacy

"La Di Da Di" has gained a reputation for consistently being

and referenced by many artists. The line, "Hit it!" for example, has appeared in songs like Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock's "It Takes Two",

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and

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's " Runaway Love,"

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' " Hold It Now, Hit It," N.W.A.'s " Gangsta Gangsta", Naughty by Nature's " O.P.P.", and

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's "

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." The line, "We like to party" has appeared in such songs as

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' " We Like to Party",

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' " We Can’t Stop", and

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's "

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" (not to mention Slick Rick's own later songs “

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in several songs. Namely "Lost Souls" by

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and

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; "Shyne" by

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featuring

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; " 4 All Y'all" by Conspirituality; "You're Welcome" by

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and

. The following is a list of other songs that referenced "La Di Da Di": *

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sampled the song on their penultimate album ''

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'' on the track "The Love". *

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's song "Strap on The Side" says the line, La di da di, I shot up his body". * InI &

Pete Rock Peter O. Phillips (born June 21, 1970), better known by his stage name Pete Rock, is an American record producer, DJ and rapping, rapper. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time, and is often mentioned alongs ...

in their collaborative song " Think Twice" use a line saying "Throw a phat party and invite everybody, and play all the old school hits like La Di Da Di". * ADOR's song "From the Concrete" says the line, "Slam the child on the hard concrete" in the hook. *

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's song "

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" borrows the line "and when we rock the mic, we rock the mic" with the high-pitched "right!" *

DJ Premier Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), known professionally as DJ Premier (also known as Preemo), is an American record producer and DJ. He is considered one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time. He was half of the hip hop duo ...

sampled the song for

Big Daddy Kane Antonio Hardy (born September 10, 1968), better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is an American rapper who began his career in 1986 as a member of the Juice Crew. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and skilled MCs in hi ...

's song " Show & Prove". *Rap rock band

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's songs " Crazy Legs" and "

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" both have references to the song. *The

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of The Notorious B.I.G.'s song " Hypnotize" interpolates

's lyrics: "Ricky Ricky Ricky, can't you see? Somehow your words just hypnotize me, and I just love your jazzy ways, oh MC Rick my love is here to stay", changing them to "Biggie Biggie Biggie, can't you see? Somehow your words just hypnotize me, and I just love your flashy ways, I guess that's why they're broke and you're so paid." *

samples the words "hit it" in his song “

Here Comes The Hotstepper "Here Comes the Hotstepper" is a song co-written and recorded by Jamaican dancehall artist Ini Kamoze. It was released as the lead single from his 1995 album of the same name as well as the soundtrack to the film ''Prêt-à-Porter''. It is kno ...

”. *

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's song "Perfect Timing" (from ''

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'') repeats the line "'cause this type of shit happens every day". *

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's song "Feelin' Groovy" contains a rap section, much of which is slightly altered "La Di Da Di" lyrics, including the title. *The end of the hook of

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song "

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" samples the words "stop lyin'". *The intro to the

and

song " Runaway Love" samples the beginning of "La Di Da Di" by

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the two words "like this". *

's verse on

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's song "Pocketbook" from her self-titled album: "Baby because tonight is da night/And when we rock upon the mic we rock the mic right". *

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's song "So Fresh" from his 1999 album ''

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'' samples this at the end of the song. *

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samples the word "emcee" in the song "Supa Emcees" on their album ''

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''. They also sampled the phrase "I can't be your lover" as a running gag in several tracks on their album ''

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'', including their

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parody, "Kicked Out The House". Also on the ''De La Soul Is Dead'' album, the phrase "slammed the child on the hard concrete" in the song "My Brother Is A Basehead". *

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also quotes the phrase "slammed the child on the hard concrete", making it part of the first verse of his song titled "Blocka"—the fourth track of his 2013 mixtape titled '' Wrath of Caine''. *

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references the song in 2010's

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release "Take One for the Team", which features

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and

Cyhi the Prynce Cydel Charles Young (born September 15, 1984), known professionally as CyHi the Prynce, is an American rapper and singer. In 2009, Young signed his first major-label contract with Konvict Muzik, with the backing of Def Jam Recordings. In 2010, h ...

: "This here a classic like the La Di Da Di verse". *The intro to the

song "No One Else" samples the beginning of "La Di Da Di" by sampling the phrase "there is no competition". *

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samples the words "just some men that's on the mic" in the song "Jussummen" on their album '' Dead Serious''. *

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samples the phrase "on and on she kept on" in their song "La Menage", featuring Q-Tip on their album '' A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing''. They also sample the beatboxed, "you know what?" intro (right before the first verse starts) in their song "To Whom It May Concern" on their album '' A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing''. *

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samples the phrase "to the tic toc you don't stop" in the song "

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" on their album ''

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'' *

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paraphrases the song in his track "Stop Snitchin'", singing "Nigga nigga nigga/Can't you see/Somehow your words incarcerate me". He also samples the phrase "Stepped out my house stopped short" in the hook of "Look Who's Burnin", on his album ''

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''. * Ice-T's track "Radio Suckers" from the Power album contains a reference to the song in the lyrics: "They bleeped words from Doug's La-Di-Da-Di, I can't get a bleep - What's the deal? Maybe my words are just too real". *The end of "

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" by

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and Andre 3000 samples the phrase "I feel insane" *

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quotes the song on "Mellow My Man" track on

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album

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by saying: "La Di Da Di, who likes to party? Like Slick Rick the Ruler, I'm cool as a ice brick" *

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sample the intro part that says 'let it go a little something like this/Hit it!' in their song "Gangsta Gangsta". *

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samples the line "Went to the bathroom to wash up, Put some soap on my face" in his song " If You Must" from his album ''

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''. * Junior M.A.F.I.A. samples the line "This type of shit it happens everyday" in the chorus to "

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". *

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's "

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" contains a sample of the line "on and on and on she kept on". *

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samples the word "emcee" in the song " It's Like That". *

samples the song on her "

" collaboration with

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of her album '' 4''. In 2003, she also used the song's line "You're about witness... before" as a prelude to "Hip Hop Star" during her

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. The performance appeared on the 2004 DVD, '' Live at Wembley''. *

quotes the song title after a line in a

song ("Auditorium" from ''

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''), which features him: "Walk over kicked, one of my fabulous raps (la di da di)". *

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in the song "Oldie" on

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raps "La di da di, back in here to fuck the party up" *

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borrows a verse and uses the expression "La Di Da Di" in his featured appearance on Beyoncé's "

". *

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samples the line "And with your wrinkled pussy, I can't be your lover" in " I'm Not Your Puppet". *

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in his song " I'm On It": "La Di Da Di, we like to party". *

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references the song in his song "

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": "La di da di, La-di-da-di, I'm at the party, On a drunk night with a punk, might dudes tryin' to pick a fight because he's sorry." *

references the song in the chorus of her 2013 single "

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": "La da di da di, we like to party..." *

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references the song in their song " Happy Go Sucky Fucky" on their 2014 album ''

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'': "La di da di, yo we party." *

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references the song in his song "Deathcamp" on his 2015 album ''

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'': "La-di-da-di, I'm going harder than coming out the closet to conservative Christian fathers." *

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references the song in his song " Be Real" on his 2015 album '' Full Speed'': "Roll up good Cali, la di da di." *

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references the song in his 2013 single " Let's Get Ridiculous": "I'm fresh, I'm slick, I'm la di da di." *

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reference the song in

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's "King of New York": "La di da di, free John Gotti, the King of New York, the King of New York!" *

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also references the line "Ricky, Ricky, Ricky, can't you see, somehow your words just hypnotize me" in her song " Beg For It" featuring

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changing the lyrics to: "Iggy, Iggy, Iggy, can't you see, that everybody wanna put their hands on me". *In the

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' original version of "

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" with

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, the word "Concrete (concrete, concrete)" is repeated at the end of one verse. This is likely an allusion to the line "Slam the child on the hard concrete" from "La Di Da Di". *

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referenced the title of the song twice in "

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", which also features

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, and James Blake: "La di da di da, slob on me knob...La di da di da, motherfuck the law." His verse also references the track "Slob On My Knob", by

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, a side-project of

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. *

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in their 2010 song " Can't Nobody" references the line: "콧노래 Ladi dadi" *

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references the song in his song "Year of 77 (77학 개론)" on his 2012 EP '' Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1'' *

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references the song in their 2017 song "

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": "La di da di, 아 너무 바빠." *

's beatboxing scene in the film ''

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'' (his beatboxing answer of Booo's answer) samples the beatboxing outro of this song *

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referenced the line "fresh, dressed, like a million bucks" in their song "Fat Cats, Bigga Fish" from the 1994 album ''

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''. * Sublime samples the line "I'm feeling sad and blue" in their song "April 29, 1992"

References

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