Can hip hop sampling go to far?

[Houston]

People Get Ready is one of those simple, great, peaceful songs in the same vein as say...Imagine.

It deserves respect, and shouldn't be tampered with unless done so with care.




So what in the fuck is this?

Just wrong.....

[Pitty]

[Pala]

I personally have no problem with it. Learned about Buffalo Springfield in the fourth grade purely because of a the Public Enemy song "He Got Game". Hell, sure, most of them aren't done in a very tasteful manner - but you can say that for almost any cultural product where they pay homage to another cultural product. For every the Game butchering the Impressions, there's a Tupac adding to the (overall pretty shitty) legacy of a Bruce Hornsby. I can understand that Hornsby and the Impressions are two entirely different machines - however, if artists were only allowed to sample the shittier, one-hit-wonder songs, artists like the Impressions wouldn't be as highly treasured as they are today.

Part of what makes the artists great is the numerous artists who came after them, who, regardless of genre were highly influenced by them. We should be celebrating the fact that a hip-hop artist like the Game is introducing a new generation of souls to a legendary group such as the Impressions, hell, maybe they'll actually find a Curtis Mayfield record because of it. If you feel like it's butchering the original, then, perhaps you should click the 'x' button and forget that it ever happened. That's what I did with the Devlin remix of All Along the Watchtower.

[NAHSTE]

Yes. See Kanye doing karaoke over other people's shit throughout the Graduation album.

[Houston]

If you feel like it's butchering the original, then, perhaps you should click the 'x' button and forget that it ever happened.

I quickly clicked "x", but forgetting wont be so simple.

[BigBucs]

Cornball brother still at it.

[CaribbeanJoseph]

Yes. See Kanye doing karaoke over other people's shit throughout the Graduation album.

[Herm]

I personally have no problem with it. Learned about Buffalo Springfield in the fourth grade purely because of a the Public Enemy song "He Got Game". Hell, sure, most of them aren't done in a very tasteful manner - but you can say that for almost any cultural product where they pay homage to another cultural product. For every the Game butchering the Impressions, there's a Tupac adding to the (overall pretty shitty) legacy of a Bruce Hornsby. I can understand that Hornsby and the Impressions are two entirely different machines - however, if artists were only allowed to sample the shittier, one-hit-wonder songs, artists like the Impressions wouldn't be as highly treasured as they are today.

Part of what makes the artists great is the numerous artists who came after them, who, regardless of genre were highly influenced by them. We should be celebrating the fact that a hip-hop artist like the Game is introducing a new generation of souls to a legendary group such as the Impressions, hell, maybe they'll actually find a Curtis Mayfield record because of it. If you feel like it's butchering the original, then, perhaps you should click the 'x' button and forget that it ever happened. That's what I did with the Devlin remix of All Along the Watchtower.

One genre of music i really enjoy is funk. I was thrilled today when Try A Little Tenderness by Otis Redding today came on the Funk station and it reminded me of Otis on Watch The Throne. When i first heard the track on Watch The Throne it just reminded me of how much I liked the original and i have subsequently revisited it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnPMoAb4y8U

[Villain]

[Pitty]

One genre of music i really enjoy is funk. I was thrilled today when Try A Little Tenderness by Otis Redding today came on the Funk station and it reminded me of Otis on Watch The Throne. When i first heard the track on Watch The Throne it just reminded me of how much I liked the original and i have subsequently revisited it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnPMoAb4y8U

I put Redding in the R&B/Soul category with Mayfield and Gaye.

This is funk:

[DJ Rhude]

I don't have a problem with sampling in hip-hop, that's what it was born on

But like anything there will be hack jobs at times

And speaking of going too far, the following sample in this song never was cleared because Prince heard it and said oh hell no

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryFhjRH-vtE

[Kuzzy Powers]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3MIHfZxIdQ

Shit can definitely be taken too far.........

And Imagine has also been sampled, more than once I believe.

[DJ Rhude]

That song was awful....also marked the time Wiz officially changed his style up

[Kuzzy Powers]

It can also be taken too far and come off brilliantly....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VL7MWXY_Gc

[Kuzzy Powers]

Of course Jay had to go and ruin one of my favourite 80's tracks..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1nbvplgElw