I get these twisted ALL the time, like which is which anymore in 2023... in the 90s it was new and more remarkable but now songs sample songs that sampled songs with lyrics from other songs...

So let's play a game

List your Top 3 Interpolations, Top 3 Samples, and Top 3 Mashups

I'll start:

Interpolations:

1 - Mary Blige - Time interpolates Pasttime Paradise (I just think this song is brilliant)

2 - Bowie - Young Americans interpolates A Day In The Life (might be my first exposure)

3 - Mariah Carey - Fantasy interpolates Genius of Love (another one that is just brilliant)

Samples:

1 - Fugees - Killing Me Softly is the Roberta Flack song sung over Bonita Applebum (what would this be? a sample interpolation? a mashup?)

2 - Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart samples Bring Down The Birds

3- SWV - Right Here Remix samples Human Nature (but new vocals from MJ right? a great example of the blur of sample vs interpolation)

Mashups:

1 - Madonna vs Michael Jackson - Bitch I'm Billie Jean (I gasped)

2 - Nirvana vs Destiny's Child - Smells Like Bootylicious (the first one that blew my mind)

3 - Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go?

The way I shuffled these around!!! This is more of a sample, that is more an interpolation....

Let's see if we can dust off the org for a little fun together. If not, I tried.

Idk why it doesn't separate the paragraphs.

Also feel free to discuss other's choices but try not to do any repeats

[Edited 7/7/23 17:11pm]

[Edited 7/7/23 17:12pm]

Interploitations:
Simply Red - Sunrise (Hall and Oates "I Can't Go For That")

George Michael - Fastlove (Patrice Rushen "Forget Me Nots")

Barry Manilow - Could It Be Magic (Chopin "Prelude in C Minor, Opus 28, Number 20")

Samples:

Notorious BIG - Hypnotize (Herb Alpert "Rise")

Will Smith - Wild Wild West (Stevie Wonder "I Wish;" Kool Moe Dee "Wild Wild West")
Janet Jackson - If (Diana Ross & The Supremes "Someday We'll Be Together")

Mashups:
Jacksons vs Missy Elliott - Can You Feel Lick Shots

Michael Jackson vs Q-Tip - Breathe Don't Stop

Depeche Mode vs. Eurythmics - Policy of Sweet Dreams

Jet vs. Prince - Are You Gonna Be My Motherfucker (with Sam & Dave)