Ever heard a song and you wonder umewa iskia wapi?
Start by listening to this:
Octopizzo- something for you
now listen to this
Slim Ali & the Hodi boys- You can do it
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Cool James- Mtoto wa Dandu Sina makosa
Les Wanyika- Sina Makosa
Wyre- Sina makosa
So what happened there? Sampling I hope and not outright theft of music.
Sampling is when a musician uses a beat/ chorus/ hook of another musician's work to make 'new' music.
I use new in quotes because some just basically change a few things- tempo/ verse etc but still push the new song as theirs.
Internationally this is done by even super producers such as Dr Dre and Kanye West.
Kanye West' first song Through the wire sampled Chaka Khan's Through the fire so beautifully.
Chaka Khan- Through the fire
https://youtu.be/ymuWb8xtCsc
Kanye- Thru the wire
https://youtu.be/uvb-1wjAtk4
The other sampling guru has to be Dr Dre.
Nuthin but a G' thang sampled Leon Haywood I Want to Do Something Freaky to You
Dr Dre
https://youtu.be/ucoK6KN1dzU
Leon
https://youtu.be/BoeStB36dic
Dr Dre went HAM in sampling this. The beats are 80% similar.
Hip hop has done heavy sampling of Jazz/ Classsic Soul with James Brown being the most sampled artist.
OTIS by Jigga ft Kanye sampled Otis Redding's Try a little tenderness.
OTIS
https://youtu.be/BoEKWtgJQAU
Try a little tenderness
https://youtu.be/UnPMoAb4y8U
Sampling is a good thing because we get to hear the classics in an entirely new way. These old artists also get paid which is useful to them in their twilight years. I f you sample you have to pay royalties or else face a lawsuit like Pharrell and Robin Thicke did after 'being inspired' by Marvin Gaye's Got to Give It Up when making Blurred lines.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/robin-thicke-and-pharrell-lose-blurred-lines-lawsuit-20150310
Check out a few more sampling gems. TGIF
Cool James- Hallo Hallo papa
https://youtu.be/4KhJxOZV6Kw
Koffi Olomide- Allo Allo Papa
https://youtu.be/k6-shXnHtcc
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Paul Wall- Oooh Girl
https://youtu.be/YZVp8fvD_yc
The Chi lites- ooh Girl
https://youtu.be/LwjsVD23Z3E
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And my all time favourite (watu wa GTA mpooo)
The Isley Brothers- Footsteps in the dark
https://youtu.be/etwIu8-FlGU
Ice cube- It was a good day
https://youtu.be/h4UqMyldS7Q
Sources- Uncle Google, Youtube and a keen interest in music.
TGIF
Start by listening to this:
Octopizzo- something for you
now listen to this
Slim Ali & the Hodi boys- You can do it
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cool James- Mtoto wa Dandu Sina makosa
Les Wanyika- Sina Makosa
Wyre- Sina makosa
So what happened there? Sampling I hope and not outright theft of music.
Sampling is when a musician uses a beat/ chorus/ hook of another musician's work to make 'new' music.
I use new in quotes because some just basically change a few things- tempo/ verse etc but still push the new song as theirs.
Internationally this is done by even super producers such as Dr Dre and Kanye West.
Kanye West' first song Through the wire sampled Chaka Khan's Through the fire so beautifully.
Chaka Khan- Through the fire
https://youtu.be/ymuWb8xtCsc
Kanye- Thru the wire
https://youtu.be/uvb-1wjAtk4
The other sampling guru has to be Dr Dre.
Nuthin but a G' thang sampled Leon Haywood I Want to Do Something Freaky to You
Dr Dre
https://youtu.be/ucoK6KN1dzU
Leon
https://youtu.be/BoeStB36dic
Dr Dre went HAM in sampling this. The beats are 80% similar.
Hip hop has done heavy sampling of Jazz/ Classsic Soul with James Brown being the most sampled artist.
OTIS by Jigga ft Kanye sampled Otis Redding's Try a little tenderness.
OTIS
https://youtu.be/BoEKWtgJQAU
Try a little tenderness
https://youtu.be/UnPMoAb4y8U
Sampling is a good thing because we get to hear the classics in an entirely new way. These old artists also get paid which is useful to them in their twilight years. I f you sample you have to pay royalties or else face a lawsuit like Pharrell and Robin Thicke did after 'being inspired' by Marvin Gaye's Got to Give It Up when making Blurred lines.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/robin-thicke-and-pharrell-lose-blurred-lines-lawsuit-20150310
Check out a few more sampling gems. TGIF
Cool James- Hallo Hallo papa
https://youtu.be/4KhJxOZV6Kw
Koffi Olomide- Allo Allo Papa
https://youtu.be/k6-shXnHtcc
------------------------------------------------------------------
Paul Wall- Oooh Girl
https://youtu.be/YZVp8fvD_yc
The Chi lites- ooh Girl
https://youtu.be/LwjsVD23Z3E
------------------------------------------------------------------
And my all time favourite (watu wa GTA mpooo)
The Isley Brothers- Footsteps in the dark
https://youtu.be/etwIu8-FlGU
Ice cube- It was a good day
https://youtu.be/h4UqMyldS7Q
Sources- Uncle Google, Youtube and a keen interest in music.
TGIF
