If I said no, then I'm lying! But what about you? And who would you sample?

BTW, ABBA sounds real good right about now!

I'd sample Prince, of course - "Extra Loveable" especially.

ooooh lots of Prince
P-Funk... Earth Wind & Fire
Stevie... you know

thought about this last night @ work
how much fun it would be to
record "Purple Music"
but I wouldn't dare
[Edited 2/8/07 19:40pm]

No i wouldnt do it mainly because i am a writer and filmmaker and the idea of people using something i wrote just bothers me. Even "song covers" bother me, since almost 90% of the time the artist being covered is far superior than the person doing the cover, and also they tend to alter the song, add lyrics. There is a John Lennon CD that is being worked on for the AMnesty charities and i heard part of Black Eyed Peas doing "Power to the People", HORRIFIC, they added there own "raps and lyrics" to the Lennon "Power to the People". So sampling even if it was Legal would still be a thing that i couldnt look at.
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lastdecember said:

Song Covers are a good thing if you're Luther Vandross and you can make the song your own. But sadly, not everyone can do a good cover song at all (Ginuwine covering When Doves Cry for example).

i would come out with my debut album.

Artist:Mercedes
Category: R&B(no guest rappers for this one. my second c.d. might have a few on there.)

Track Listing:

1)Satin Kisses
2)Beat Street(contains a sample of "love injection" by jody watley)
3)Midnight(contains a sample of "higher plane" by kool & the gang)
4)On The Floor
5)Letter To a Friend (contains a sample of "Forever In My Life" By Prince)
6)Ask Yourself Why
7)Karma(contains a sample of "sweet thing" by slave)

I'd steal, um use some Jesse Johnson tracks. I don't think I ever heard Jesse sampled on a track. I'd also sample some guy named James Brown, I wonder uf anyone has sampled him yet.

lots of early RZA productions too

DiamondStuddedMercedes said:

I'm feeling this EP so far but only HALF of the songs contain samples.

a one-second blip here and there is no big deal

but pulling a Puff Daddy "I'll Be Missing You" is ridiculous - write your own fucking song, you hack

CinisterCee said:

what..shoud my whole album be nothing but samples?
i can make original beats too you know.

in the voice of Jack Palance:

"Believe It...Or Not."

DiamondStuddedMercedes said:

as far as my fantasy album goes you would be one of the producers that i would pick.

DiamondStuddedMercedes said:

*looks around over shoulders*

who, me?

CinisterCee said:

yes...YOU

but you know that when we go in to the studio to cut these tracks we gotta stay away from the obvious right? (james brown,prince,parliament)

i think you would be quite innovative when it comes to samples.

i'd use Jean-Luc Ponty,Warren Zevon,Ray Romano,Toto,just to name a few.

No Thanks

Sampling is like cheating. Take a song thats already well liked or appreciated and just stick your voice on it
If your gonna do music, do it fully


not that all samples are bad, there's just too many people taking that easy way out to get a a hit.
[Edited 2/9/07 9:10am]

thekidsgirl said:

If you take someone's song rip the vocals off and replace them with your own...and adding almost nothing new, you're right then it's cheating and basically you're ripping off the song.

However not all sampling is cheating...hardly. It depends on what you sample and how you incorporate it into the song.

ya'' need to pick up "Cinstrumentals" and Pete Rock's joint to see how to put samples to good use..

DiamondStuddedMercedes said:

I can do better with my EP release:

TVD - The Prequel Experience

1. I Got Nothin' 2 Lose (contains a sample of "Knowing Me, Knowing You" by ABBA)

2. Acid Love Dreams (contains a replay sample of "Hot Thing" by Prince)

3. F*** The S***-Hop (contains a sample of "Egypt, Egypt" by Egyptian Lover. contains the vocal melody of "The Birthday Song" by Luke)

4. Burn FEMA Burn (contains a sample of "Wicked" by Ice Cube. contains a replay sample of "Long Time Coming" by Ready For The World)

5. How To Survive The Bush Economy (contains a replay sample of "Something Going On" by Frida. contain a sample of "Creepin" by Stevie Wonder)

6. Love OR Hate (contains a portion of "17" by Rick James. contains a replay sample of "Once Is Not Enough" by Teena Marie. contains a replay sample of "Let's Work" by Prince)
[Edited 2/9/07 21:42pm]

TonyVanDam said:

uh.you do know that you don't put out all the good stuff on your first ep?
.you'll burn out of ideas too quickly.i got some more samples up my sleeve
yep.we talkin' Star Trek, baby! by the time my second ep is finished you'll be on the dancefloor doing the Ferengi Froog and the Klingon Two-Step and the newest dance craze..The Romulan Rumba.

IAintTheOne said:

Finess (on helium): Buy, this, record.

Org granny: I don't wanna buy the record.

Finess (on helium): No, no - you heard me. Go out and BUY this record!

Org granny: Okay okay!

DiamondStuddedMercedes said:

I'm from the old-school. And we (old-school veterans) believe in releasing a strong hip-hop album from start to finish. No fillers OR segues whatsoever!
[Edited 2/10/07 10:13am]

I always liken sampling to when they brought the 3-point line closer to the hoop in the mid/late 1990s. Suddenly you had all these guys hitting 3-point baskets! It was fun and entertaining for a while, but soon it became kind of boring. When they moved it back, that's when the REAL shooters stepped up to the plate. All the fakers couldn't cut it no more.

I guess what I'm saying is that, sure, sampling's fun, but it's not really inspiring after a while.

CinisterCee said:

Lmao Granny's Funky Rolls Royce