Art, commerce, sellout


Gerry Villareal (gerryv@massive.com)
Thu, 8 Oct 1998 16:40:50 -0400 (EDT)



Here are some questions in no particular order. I'm not expecting any
answers; just food for thought.

How do you FEEL about...

Run DMC' "Peter Piper" using Bob James "Take Me to the Mardi Gras"?

Afrika Bambaataa using Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express"?

Premier sampling EWF's "Summer Madness"?

DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince sampling EWF's "Summer Madness"?

anyone sampling or interpolating Roy Ayers' "Everybody Loves the Sunshine"
or RAMP's "Daylight"?

straightnochaser.com hosted by N2K (Rocktropolis, Music Boulevard)?

Emigre magazine selling adspace?

Levi's sponsoring the Giant Step Miles Ahead series?

Marcel Duchamp's Fountain?

Swifty emulating Reid Miles cover-by-cover for early Talkin Loud?

Bathing Ape selling clothing based on Planet of the Apes?

Bill Gates' purchase of the Bettman Archives?

Mastercuts vs. Luv N Haight/Ubiquity vs. BBE vs. Rhino vs. K-Tel?

Vanilla Ice or Puff Daddy sampling Bowie?

A Tribe Called Quest sampling Lou Reid?

Public Enemy sampling Lafayette Afro Rock Band?

Keith LeBlanc's "No Sell Out" sampling Malcolm X?



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