“We’re gonna skate to one song, and one song only.” Sure, you may not know what it means…but it’s provocative, right? Well, you can thank Will Ferrell for that! If you live under a rock, you may not have known that the sample you hear in that song are soundclips from Will Ferrell’s movie, Blades of Glory. In a recent interview with MTV, Will shares his thoughts on the record and how it came to be. Check it out below.
Kanye reached out to me and I said, ‘Of course’ I was completely flattered when they asked if they could sample me into the song … and when I heard it for the first time, I just started to laugh because it felt so surreal. But I really did like the song.
We were trying to film a piece that they would use on the video boards of their concert, but haven’t gotten it together — and the whole process has opened his eyes to an entirely new career opportunity: Being the go-to sample guy on the hip hop circuit. I think [something from] ‘Step Brothers’ would be good [to use in a song]. Or the Woody Allen movie I did, ‘Melinda and Melinda.’
