| "No Sell Out" | ||||
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| Single by Malcolm X | ||||
| B-side | "No Sell Out" (instrumental ver.) | |||
| Released | November 14, 1983[1] | |||
| Recorded | Sweet Mountain Studio, Englewood, NJ | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, electro | |||
| Length | 5:44 | |||
| Label | Tommy Boy | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Keith LeBlanc and Malcolm X[2] | |||
| Producer(s) | Keith LeBlanc | |||
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"No Sell Out" is a hip hop piece composed by American drummer Keith LeBlanc and credited to Malcolm X, released in November 1983 on Tommy Boy Records.[3][4] It marked one of the earliest usages of sample-based composition in popular music as well as being the first hip hop song to use Malcolm X's voice for artistic and political reasons.[2][5]
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- ^ Parker, David (2001). "Singles: Malcolm X (Music by Keith LeBlanc) - 'No Sell Out'". skysaw.org. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ^ Finlayson, Angus (July 2010). "The History Of Sugar Hill Records: Keith Leblanc Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved September 30, 2014.