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According to the database, the cassette single version of The Fugees' "Fu-Gee-La" is uncensored, while the CD single version is censored. At present, the database lists several CD entries with a "45 version" comment, but there's no specific mention as to whether these discs contain the censored or uncensored single version.
I've listened to "Fu-Gee-La" as it appears on my copy of the R&B: From Doo-Wop to Hip-Hop 2 CD set (Columbia/Epic/Legacy 65801) and I'm assuming it's the uncensored cassette single version because the "n-word" can be heard at the 1:44 mark.
Can anyone confirm whether the other 45 version CD appearances are censored or uncensored?
(On an unrelated side note, the full artist credit for this song is The Fugees (Refugee Camp)
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my commercial cassingle issued as ruffhouse 78195 contains
the below tracks...
1-fu-gee-la (album version) (no listed run time; 4:15
actual)
2-how many mics (no listed; 4:22 actual)
the cassingle is uncensored and has the N reference at the
1:44 mark....
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Promo single SAMPCD-3355-1 has two cuts:
Album Version Radio Edit 3:31 actual. "n" word at 1:42
North Side Mix Radio Edit 3:49 actual. "n" word at 1:54
The Clean LP Version appears as cut #4 on the promo single for "Killing Me Softly" CSK-7847 with a listed and actual time of 4:05. "n" word edited out.
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I noticed Pat included Smokin' Tom's promo CD info for "Fu-Gee-La," but the above disc might be a non-US release. The disc I am looking at online for SAMPCD 3555 1 says "Made In Austria" on the disc itself. I've searched high and low trying to find a promo CD single for this one, and I've never seen a US pressing that has the standard "CSK" catalog number prefix. Unless someone can confirm that the above disc is a US pressing, I'm still of the belief that no US promo CD was released for "Fu-Gee-La"; however, stock copies with the barcode punched out do exist, and the track does appear on the US promo CD for "Killing Me Softly."
Edited by aaronk on 09 November 2015 at 10:43am
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My CD does not state the country of origin, however, on the rear cardboard cover it does imply distribution by Sony in Madrid.
It has deadwax code of S1100335517-0101 22 A1 and IFPI L552
Stamped onto the CD disc itself is IFPI 941C.
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I may be misreading the text, because it's a little blurry. What does it
say in the long red stripe, last sentence of the second line? I could be
mistaken, but it looks like "Made In A......"
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"Austria". I didn't notice that before. I consider myself an experienced engineer, but photography to me is point-and-click. It isn't always pretty. I guess this CD was made in Austria and distributed in Madrid.
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Darn! I was really hoping to find existence of a US promo, but if you
don't have one, Jim doesn't have one, and 10 years of searching hasn't
turned up anything, I'd say my chances are slim.
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