How do you feel about artist sampling other songs? Options

[HoodNigga]

A lot of times I hear people complaining about how Kanye stole Daft Punk's song and made it his own. I just don't understand why these people are so offended due to the fact that Daft Punk also sampled a song to come up with Harder Better Faster Stronger and Daft Punk is in the video. Plus Daft Punk sampled plenty of songs ( a majority of the artists being black).

So my question to you is, is sampling good or bad?


I personally like sampling, you can take a particular part of a song and use it repeatedly to make a hit song. I.E. SWV - Right Here (Human Nature Remix) sampled from Michael Jackson - Human Nature.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOKd_et0A4o

[fameONE]

I'm all for it, unless the artist butchers the song (which rarely happens these days).

Int'l Players Anthem is an incredible song. UGK got soul. Well done sample.

[dyu]

if the artist can do it well, then why not?

[Relentless]

I don't mind if it's a good song.

Most of the time, I would be like "OH, I recognize this beat from [whatever artist - song it is]". A couple times, I'll be like sitting there and try to think hard where the sampling was from. Haha. (x

[karmakiller]

The only thing that annoys me about people using other people's work like that is if they do it in every song. People have been doing cover songs for ages, and not enough people have had an issue for artists to stop doing that.

If an artist blatanly samples another work in search of a hit, and not because it adds to the song or builds their own creativity, then it's stupid. I guess in a sense I look at is as a form of inspiration. And instead of trying to copy that song or taking one note out and claiming it as your own (Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby, anyone?) you might as well just sample it and use it to help your own song's sound.

It does annoy the hell out of me, though, at how many people are doing. Yeah, there's lots of cover songs out there, but if you're going to just use the music or beat or whathaveyou you might as well just redo the song in it's entirety.

[Melie]

when i heard kanye's song with daft punk's sample i was disappointed only because the daft punk song is so much better alone without kanye. so i stopped listening to it. i think that when someone takes an awesome and use it to recreate something totally different then they just ruined the orginial. i just think that artists can sample others work like the beat but not the entire thing like the lyrics and stuff. the beat should just be enough to use. or else you're not being creative.

[Joss-eh-lime]

I like it, but its so common it seems like artists can't come up with anything new for themselves.

[LoveToMySilas]

Its a 50 50 percent chance of being a hit or completely bombing. I guess I'm alright with it, as long as they don't end up killing the original.

[tokyo-rose]

Sampling is neither good nor bad; it's just something recording artists do for their music. I guess it could be considered bad if an artist sampled a song in every one of their new singles, though.