What's up with the length of time between a song being created and then being sampled getting shorter and shorter?

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Inelegantly phrased, but you know what I mean. The Lil' Kim sampling of Clipse boggled me because the Clipse is still on the charts, but I just heard the new Beyonce, which samples 50 Cent 'In Da Club'. AND THEN I HEARD THE NEW PUFFY/MARY J WHICH SAMPLES THE SAME SONG! (and I thought 'Wanksta' had better sampling potential.)

So what does this mean? With current events going the way they are, I'm feeling like it's another example of things speeding up until they self-destruct. Maybe it's not that important, though.

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 17 March 2003 18:01 (twenty-three years ago)

two thorts:

a. it has everything to do with entertainment lawyers cautioning their clients against sampling anything that isn't owned by their parent company.

b. the majority of current rap/R&B is actually programmed/created not sampled in the main, so there will still be a steady stream of material out there for lesser lights (and a few geniuses) to cull.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 17 March 2003 18:10 (twenty-three years ago)

50 cent = Interscope (Universal), Beyonce = Columbia (Sony), Mary J = MCA (Universal), Puffy = Arista (BMG, I think.)

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 17 March 2003 18:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Collusion?

― hstencil, Monday, 17 March 2003 18:41 (twenty-three years ago)

puffy can sample any goddamn thing he wants to. ($$)

no matter who you are, it's easier to sample something from a fellow hip-hop aritst who will grant all rights than some old codger (or worse, multiple codgers) who might not, thereby landing you in legal hot water. (look at the tracklisting of any puffy cd, and most tracks feature anywhere between 3 and 10 "writers" credits.)

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 17 March 2003 18:44 (twenty-three years ago)

haha! jess has Puffy cds
jess has Puffy cds
na-na na nuh-nana

― oops (Oops), Monday, 17 March 2003 19:15 (twenty-three years ago)

oops,

don't front or i'll renounce jesus and come out there and give you a good mush mouthed ass kicking

your pal,
http://members.aol.com/dubplatestyle/mase.jpg
Ma$e

― Ma$e (dubplatestyle), Monday, 17 March 2003 19:18 (twenty-three years ago)

anyway i don't really think of the beyonce track as a 50 cent sample, more a sporty thievz-stylee response, which shouldn't really count

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 17 March 2003 19:18 (twenty-three years ago)

mase in poor html skillz shocka

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 17 March 2003 19:18 (twenty-three years ago)

i'm very disappointed in him

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 17 March 2003 19:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Motherfuckers:

Eat my ass you cumbubbles.

Your Pal,
http://members.aol.com/dubplatestyle/mase.jpg
Ma$e

― Ma$e (dubplatestyle), Monday, 17 March 2003 19:20 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't know what's more embarassing: studying Puffy's tracklisting or having a photo of Mase on your website.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 17 March 2003 19:23 (twenty-three years ago)

you havent been around long, have you?

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 17 March 2003 19:23 (twenty-three years ago)

no, just give me the gist of everything that's happened

― oops (Oops), Monday, 17 March 2003 19:25 (twenty-three years ago)

would those be holy cumbubbles?

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 17 March 2003 19:25 (twenty-three years ago)

what other kind are there?

― Neudonym, Monday, 17 March 2003 19:28 (twenty-three years ago)

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