Author | Message |
Who (what groups) Prince has Sampled? hello people
there's a list of song prince has sampled anywhere? i want to know if he´s sampled Cocteau Twins i just heard somewhere Ciao | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
I don't know if there's a list. But he has sampled:
Tower of Power's drum intro to "Squib Cakes" for a Time song on the Grafitti Bridge album Mitch Mitchell's drum intro from "Little Miss Lover" by Jimi Hendrix And "Tramp" by Otis Redding for the song "7". I'm not aware of any other samples off the top of my head. This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Jame's Brown... "Mother Popcorn" on "Gett Off"
I'm sure there are probably a couple of others that I'm missing. The really REALLY cool thing about Prince though is that he often samples unreleased songs from his own vault! Now that's original! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"When U can't find the reason 4 the smoke, there's probably water in the fire" - Freaks on This Side (man... that's deep) | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
he sampled N.W.A. on "arrogance" off the "symbol" album. now i know what this is all about. now i know exactly what i am. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
The weirdest thing he has ever sampled was "Buong Suong" by the Vietnamese Royal Palace Choir Ensemble (or something). He used it in context of a concert outro collage in the early 90s, I believe.
Sod it, he just probably got the idea from Pat Metheny. It's a really beautiful composition though. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
The song "Gett Off" features an uncredited bass loop from the 1990 EnVogue hit "Hold On".Play those two songs back to back and you can hear it. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Didn't he sample Fishbone on Billy Ass Bitch? From memory, that contained a couple of other samples 2.
Oh, and "I wanna B your lover" on "My Name is Prince" by some artist who's name escapes me... lol "We've never been able to pull off a funk number"
"That's becuase we're soulless auttomatons" | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
George Michaels "Hard Day" on Strange but true...
Jesse Johnsons "Crazay" on Mo'quake | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
I like the way he ripped off the bassline from Rock Steady by Aretha Franklin. Listen to Daddy Pop and Rock Steady and say; "Jamie Starr is a thief" | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Just downloaded Otis Redding's 'Tramp' and yep, that's definitely where '7' comes from. At least he does have the decency to say so in the symbol album's sleeve notes. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
This reminds me- has anyone heard the long version of Pigeonhed's song "Battle Flag?" It was a hit last year and was on the second Sopranos soundtrack. It features a long sample of the Sexuality rap. Well not a sample he actually raps it. It's pretty cool and funky song I'm sure you'll know it when you download it. ______________________________________________
onedayimgonnabesomebody | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Haystack said: Just downloaded Otis Redding's 'Tramp' and yep, that's definitely where '7' comes from. At least he does have the decency to say so in the symbol album's sleeve notes.
Wow... you actually had to download "Tramp" to know what it sounded like? Interesting... especially considering the fact that Salt & Peppa used the same sample to create their own hit. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"When U can't find the reason 4 the smoke, there's probably water in the fire" - Freaks on This Side (man... that's deep) | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Surprisingly, not everyone's a huge fan of Salt N Pepa. Which decade was 'Tramp' a hit for them? | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Haystack said: Surprisingly, not everyone's a huge fan of Salt N Pepa. Which decade was 'Tramp' a hit for them?
I guess he was surprised that you didn't know the original from Otis, not just from Salt N Pepa! | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
DavidEye said: The song "Gett Off" features an uncredited bass loop from the 1990 EnVogue hit "Hold On".Play those two songs back to back and you can hear it.
I've always heard the similarities, but it may not be the EXACT same bass line. It might be tweaked in a way so that it's not exactly the same thing and that's why it's not "credited". But at any rate, it IS a rip off! | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
On the song "Right Back Here In My Arms",isn't that Queen Latifah saying "Cuz that's my only mission"? Is that a sample from one of her songs? | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
alexnvrmnd said: DavidEye said: The song "Gett Off" features an uncredited bass loop from the 1990 EnVogue hit "Hold On".Play those two songs back to back and you can hear it.
I've always heard the similarities, but it may not be the EXACT same bass line. It might be tweaked in a way so that it's not exactly the same thing and that's why it's not "credited". But at any rate, it IS a rip off! Good point! | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |