>The reason I don't like her using samples and drum
>machines is, really, I don't like samples and drum machines. I didn't
>like it when Digital Underground sampled Parliament, and I don't like
>it when Fifty Cent samples the Jackson Five. It sounds to me like
>someone got lazy. That's my opinion.

My first impression of sampling, when I first heard it on hip-hop records in 
the 80's, was of disgust.  At first I also saw this as laziness.  But then I 
heard very creative use of sampling, and I changed my tune a bit.

I found that what really disgusted me was when I recognized the sample from 
a song I really liked, and the new song sounded crappy in comparison to my 
ears.

I still find what Puff Daddy (or whatever his name of the month is) and his 
ilk do is horribly lazy.  He seems to randomly choose music (with virtually 
no alteration from the original song) as the backdrop to his inane lyrics.  
The maddening thing is how many people eat it up.

As I got older, I was amazed to find out how much music is lifted from other 
songs.  The program, "John Lennon's Juke Box" is quite enlightening.  It was 
very interesting to hear him talk about where the Beatles got many of their 
ideas.  I was also shocked to find that the bulk of the music from David 
Bowie's "Fame" comes directly from a James Brown song.

Damian
thegeniusiwas@hotmail.com

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