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Subject: Fire Up Your 808 for Don Lewis

Written By: LyricBoy on 11/09/22 at 5:28 am

Legendary vocalist and electronic music pioneer Don Lewis has passed away at the age of 81.  :\'(

https://pitchfork.com/news/don-lewis-electronic-music-pioneer-dies-at-81/

Don invented the hugely prolific electronic beat synthesizer, the Roland 808 which has been immortalized in countless lyrics. 8)

From OutKast’s The Way You Move:

Speakerboxxx vibrate the tag
Make it sound like aluminum cans in the bag
But I know y'all wanted that 808
Can you feel that B-A-S-S bass?
But I know y'all wanted that 808
Can you feel that B-A-S-S bass?


And then there’s Blaque’s hit single, 808:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmEO4Qp2mFw

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