Re: Fujees sampling ABBA
Michael Bolotin (mlb6c@server1.mail.virginia.edu)
Sun, 9 Feb 1997 04:50:58 -0500 ()
> Although the Fugees may uses
> >easily recognizable resources for their music, people often don't notice
> >the more obscure music used in hip-hop used to as obvious an extent.
>
> True, though I appreciate a more obscure sample than an easily recognizable
> one. I guess that what's makes a Tribe Called Quest tune sampling Ron
> Carter more cooler than Queen Latifah sampling Diana Ross. Actually, I
> appreciate it when a sample of a non-funk/soul tune is used in a
> funk/hip-hop context, for the pure reason that whoever wanted to put that
> sample in there has a better imagination and sense of creativity than
> someone who wants to put something more obvious.
OK, it's a valid point to say that there is more apparent creativity used
in obscure sampling, but I think you're not looking at the broader picture.
The purpose for doing covers and all is not necessarily for stealing and
making money off an old tune. Those old songs they mucisians are covering
are often times songs that the artists have grown up on, and been influenced
by. By covering it, they are showing their respect for the old, not robbing them.
-Mike