Well-spoken rapper Scroobius Pip takes MIA's "club hit" "Paper Planes" and bootlegs it with the original beat MIA sampled for her track as an homage to the late Joe Strummer, lead singer of legendary punk band The Clash, as it was their song "Straight To Hell" that gave MIA the beat to work with. It's quite right too, as "Straight To Hell" is a much better song than "Paper Planes", and in Pip's own lyrics to "Thou Shalt Always Kill", "thou shalt not take the name... of Joe Strummer in vain".
"But for me I've got to say, it's always bittersweet, as I get all excited for that "Straight To Hell" beat, this ain't a diss to MIA, I respect her and I love her, but it's high time these kids were steppin' to Joe Strummer"
The Clash - Straight To Hell
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