Does Prince allow other artist to sample his music or has anyone sampled a Prince song?

McHammer's Pray samples When Doves Cry

and P has sampled himself quite a bit too.

thekidsgirl said:

Really? I thought he was against this.

if u listen to lovesign on crystal ball he samples DMSR

He samples The Most Beautiful girl in the World on "2morrow"

He samples "I wanna Be Ur Lover" on "My Name is Prince"

but I dont think it counts if you sample yourself

thekidsgirl said:

that's true...should it count? lol
urrrsher **shudders** sang a bit of "adore" in his song "you got it bad"
which really bugged me lol
and beyonshizzle did her interpretation of "if i was your girlfriend" in her lil duet with jay z in "bonnie and clide 03" (i cant remember what year it was but u get it) or something like that i dont know lol i was pissed by that too cuz i didnt like how it sounded..
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SammiJ said:

Dang I didnt even notice! I really cant stand him

usher and justin timberlake are talentless fools, and they are one person to me

grrrr

I thought 'hot thing' was sampled but I'm not sure. I only know I recognized parts of the song when I first heard it (about half a year ago ): the phrase 'hot thing' and some guitar. That's all I can say about it

Digital Underground's "Sex Packets" from 1990 (the album with "The Humpty Dance") sampled "She's Always In My Hair" on the title track.

There's a fight song for Terrell Owens that also samples "I Wanna Be Your Lover." Something like "Let's Go T.O." and most of the track is a loop of IWBYL.

beret1022 said:

Yeah, but this was years ago, Pray was the follow-up to U Can't Touch This wasn't it?

Prince clearly saw that it was a profitable move for Rick James to let Hammer use the sample (although I think Rick, initially, had a problem with it or took Hammer to court???)

Remember around this time Prince was sampling other people himself (on Graffiti Bridge, Diamonds & Pearls, ), and he was seeing the commercial potential of rap, so I think he was a little more open to a medium that is based on samples *cough* theft *cough ( )

Then when he went through the whole thing in the 90s about owning his masters and WB, I think he took another view that he didn't want his work sampled/covered (unless it was by some yawn-o-rama tart like Alicia Snooze-fest Keys).


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I just figured out that 'He's Mine' by one-hit wonder Mokenstef was a sample of Do Me Baby.