It seems like so many artists just take the beat, melody or the chorus of an older song without adding or changing a whole lot about it.

 

I feel like artists were a lot more creative with samples back in the 2000's. Instead of relying on the sample, they took it and turned it into a whole new song.

 

 

Thoughts?

Yes and they mostly depend on the samples lol.

 

The Britney one is the best one because: it’s from a foreign film. It’s not very obvious as it’s different parts put together. The song really made it its own. It pretty much doesn’t even qualify as a sample 

7 minutes ago, dirrtydiana said:

The Britney one is the best one because: it’s from a foreign film. It’s not very obvious as it’s different parts put together. The song really made it its own. It pretty much doesn’t even qualify as a sample 

it's definitely considered a sample lmao but yeah, that was clever of bloodshy & avant to do.

yes and people only love the song for the sample in most cases

Maybe top 40 pop hits, but thier is plenty of genres that have used sampling creatively in the last decade. Like dubstep, Hyper Pop and Hip hop had massive renaissances this decade and they are built off of heavily sampled instruments and sounds 

i feel like if the original artist is very audibly heard, they should be credited as a feature.

 

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A lot of artists who are songwriters are topline writers and they just write over a beat they’re presented with by a producer. Artists are very lazy these days, most of them aren’t even part of the producing process, so they wouldn’t even have a say in whether a sample should be used.
 

The problem with sampling is that it lacks originality and it can take a while to get a sample cleared by copyright holders (who also get credited) 

Its nothing new, its just nostalgia is the flavor of the month right now.  Just look at the movie box office as well, sequels and bring back characters from 20 years ago is what is bringing in the $$$$$$$$$. 

I’m not a huge fan of sampling songs unless it’s done right like… 

 

 

This works better in my opinion, as the original song was just an instrumental to begin with, so it’s cool hearing it turned into an actual song. I really don’t like when people take songs and just pitch them to suit their needs. Like Rihanna completely butchering I’m With You, which has to be one of the most pointless examples of sampling ever. 

 

DSTM  

 

Gaga can’t relate 

Yes especially UK artists. 

On 5/15/2022 at 6:36 AM, PoisonCandy said:

People used to complain about this one all the time tho One of the criticisms it still gets till this day (undeservedly) is that "the ABBA sample is the only good part" or that she "used ABBA to get a hit".

 

OT: In pop, yes (and Ava Max is to blame). In other genres, sampling is still used quite creatively, especially in hip hop.

Edited May 30, 20224 yr by ATWK

There's plenty of examples of modern music using samples in a creative way, for example, like posted here Replay by Gaga. I have to admit they used that sample in a very creative way