What song nowadays is not a sample

[ilikemilk]

Seems like every single song out now samples something or sounds like something. Nothing is original anymore. 

[M5AGTS]

This banger. It's a decent size hit. You should try listening to it.

[ilikemilk]

Apr 20, 2023 13:21:57 GMT -5 M5AGTS said:

This banger. It's a decent size hit. You should try listening to it.

I did before and it is garbage, one of my least favorite songs of the year.

Also not that it helps but the sound does sound familiar like I have heard it before on prior songs.

[Groovy]

Kill Bill and Last Night are both sample free

[ilikemilk]

Apr 20, 2023 13:27:00 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Kill Bill and Last Night are both sample free

Kill Bill samples Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat and also I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Apr 20, 2023 13:10:43 GMT -5 ilikemilk said:

Seems like every single song out now samples something or sounds like something. Nothing is original anymore. 

There are only two songs in the top 20 with samples lmao

[Groovy]

Apr 20, 2023 13:28:15 GMT -5 ilikemilk said:

Apr 20, 2023 13:27:00 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Kill Bill and Last Night are both sample free

Kill Bill samples Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat and also I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor.

Where?

[Deleted]

Apr 20, 2023 13:28:15 GMT -5 ilikemilk said:

Apr 20, 2023 13:27:00 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Kill Bill and Last Night are both sample free

Kill Bill samples Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat and also I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor.

I presume you saw this and assumed it counted as a sample. 

[ilikemilk]

I don't think it counts as original still if the song sounds like another one. I like Kill Bill but it's not original because that sound has been out for a while, even if it counts or doesn't count as a sample/interpolation.

[joshtheking]

How do you expect everything to be 100% original with absolutely NO similarities to anything whatsoever. After decades and decades of music of course things are going to start sounding similar. And why is it even an issue, if it's a bop it's a bop

[ilikemilk]

Apr 20, 2023 13:43:03 GMT -5 joshtheking said:

How do you expect everything to be 100% original with absolutely NO similarities to anything whatsoever. After decades and decades of music of course things are going to start sounding similar. And why is it even an issue, if it's a bop it's a bop

I just want to hear some songs and don't end up thinking of why does this sound similar to another song. I agree with you're point that if its a bop it shouldn't matter and that I should focus more on enjoying the song rather than thinking if it sounds like another song.

[dbhmr]

Stream "mine" by Kelly Clarkson for 100% originality and clear skin.

[jdanton2]

Apr 20, 2023 13:28:15 GMT -5 ilikemilk said:

Apr 20, 2023 13:27:00 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Kill Bill and Last Night are both sample free

Kill Bill samples Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat and also I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor.

Flowers by Miley was said to have sounded a bit like I Will Survive as well. did not realize Kill Bill did as well.

[kindofbiased]

if your definition of sampling is just "sounding similar" then literally 0 songs are gonna satisfy you because every song is constantly taking inspiration from others, that's how the creative process works. I'm tired of the blatant, lazy sampling trend too but that definition is way too strict lmao

[irice22]

"Anti-Hero"

[Au$tin]

Apr 20, 2023 14:52:11 GMT -5 dbhmr said:

Stream "mine" by Kelly Clarkson for 100% originality and clear skin.

"It sounds like SICKO MODE by Travis Scott." - ilikemilk, probably

[JukeboxJacob]

Apr 20, 2023 13:24:17 GMT -5 ilikemilk said:

Apr 20, 2023 13:21:57 GMT -5 M5AGTS said:

This banger. It's a decent size hit. You should try listening to it.

I did before and it is garbage, one of my least favorite songs of the year.

hold me back

[rnb]

kill bill

[rnb]

Apr 20, 2023 13:28:15 GMT -5 ilikemilk said:

Apr 20, 2023 13:27:00 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Kill Bill and Last Night are both sample free

Kill Bill samples Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat and also I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor.

did you get this from some homeless guy on the street eating cheetos? this literally is so false lmfaooooo sorry for the double post but just have to comment on this clownery

[JukeboxJacob]

Apr 20, 2023 20:00:41 GMT -5 rnb said:

Apr 20, 2023 13:28:15 GMT -5 ilikemilk said:

Kill Bill samples Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat and also I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor.

did you get this from some homeless guy on the street eating cheetos? this literally is so false lmfaooooo sorry for the double post but just have to comment on this clownery

sorry but this is very offensive to homeless guys on the streets eating cheetos 😔😔😔

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

This thread only exists because someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today and wanted something to bitch about.

[singingrulebritannia]

Apr 20, 2023 13:50:00 GMT -5 ilikemilk said:

I just want to hear some songs and don't end up thinking of why does this sound similar to another song.

If this is really what you want, this is the kind of music you're going to have to get used to:



And knowing you, that'll be very tough lmao

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

I just skimmed this article but one of the things I got from it was that the recent boom in massive purchases of music catalogues and publishing is that songs are now more available and accessible for repurposing into newer hits.

pitchfork.com/features/overtones/everything-is-interpolated-inside-musics-nostalgia-industrial-complex/

"There is a single person who’s arguably most responsible for the existence of “Betty (Get Money).” It’s not Yung Gravy or his producers or anyone at his label. Not Astley or even “Never Gonna Give You Up” songwriter Pete Waterman. It’s Justin Shukat, the president of the music publishing company Primary Wave.

After clocking the 1987 smash’s internet infamy, Primary Wave acquired a percentage of the rights to it from Waterman and then pitched the idea of an interpolation to Yung Gravy’s manager. At the same time, a member of Shukat’s team reached out to a producer who worked with Gravy. “Within a day, we literally had a track to listen to, and Gravy rapped over it two days later, which was fucking dope,” Shukat says over the phone. He was less enthused by the original track’s name—“Get Pussy”—and requested a rework, which was obliged. The song went on to peak at No. 30 on the Hot 100 and currently has more than 200 million plays on Spotify. When I observe that Shukat is describing a role more akin to a music producer than a publisher, he says, “I’m comfortable with that. We’re producing on a daily basis.” "

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"He cites the company’s treatment of Rick James’ catalog—specifically “Super Freak,” which hit No. 16 on the Hot 100 in 1981—as an exemplar of their approach. “We knew there would be a demand, if we put it out there, for Rick’s songs to be interpolated and sampled,” he says. “You don’t need to look beyond ‘U Can’t Touch This’ to see how a Top 20 single then becomes a global No. 1 single.”

And, in fact, the Hipgnosis team did not look beyond that ubiquitous MC Hammer hit from 1990. When they farmed Rick James instrumentals out to numerous producers and artist teams, looking for viable hits to capitalize on their catalog ownership, they seized on a barely tweaked rework of the same “Super Freak” sample featured in “U Can’t Touch This,” from a producer named Malibu Babie, which they then sent to Nicki Minaj. The superstar brought the track to a songwriting team, including the disgraced producer Dr. Luke, to craft “Super Freaky Girl,” which became her first No. 1 hit as an unaccompanied artist last year."

[rainie]

Apr 27, 2023 18:10:27 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

I just skimmed this article but one of the things I got from it was that the recent boom in massive purchases of music catalogues and publishing is that songs are now more available and accessible for repurposing into newer hits.

pitchfork.com/features/overtones/everything-is-interpolated-inside-musics-nostalgia-industrial-complex/

"There is a single person who’s arguably most responsible for the existence of “Betty (Get Money).” It’s not Yung Gravy or his producers or anyone at his label. Not Astley or even “Never Gonna Give You Up” songwriter Pete Waterman. It’s Justin Shukat, the president of the music publishing company Primary Wave.

After clocking the 1987 smash’s internet infamy, Primary Wave acquired a percentage of the rights to it from Waterman and then pitched the idea of an interpolation to Yung Gravy’s manager. At the same time, a member of Shukat’s team reached out to a producer who worked with Gravy. “Within a day, we literally had a track to listen to, and Gravy rapped over it two days later, which was f**king dope,” Shukat says over the phone. He was less enthused by the original track’s name—“Get Pussy”—and requested a rework, which was obliged. The song went on to peak at No. 30 on the Hot 100 and currently has more than 200 million plays on Spotify. When I observe that Shukat is describing a role more akin to a music producer than a publisher, he says, “I’m comfortable with that. We’re producing on a daily basis.” "

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"He cites the company’s treatment of Rick James’ catalog—specifically “Super Freak,” which hit No. 16 on the Hot 100 in 1981—as an exemplar of their approach. “We knew there would be a demand, if we put it out there, for Rick’s songs to be interpolated and sampled,” he says. “You don’t need to look beyond ‘U Can’t Touch This’ to see how a Top 20 single then becomes a global No. 1 single.”

And, in fact, the Hipgnosis team did not look beyond that ubiquitous MC Hammer hit from 1990. When they farmed Rick James instrumentals out to numerous producers and artist teams, looking for viable hits to capitalize on their catalog ownership, they seized on a barely tweaked rework of the same “Super Freak” sample featured in “U Can’t Touch This,” from a producer named Malibu Babie, which they then sent to Nicki Minaj. The superstar brought the track to a songwriting team, including the disgraced producer Dr. Luke, to craft “Super Freaky Girl,” which became her first No. 1 hit as an unaccompanied artist last year."

this is totally unrelated to op but betty originally being called "get pussy" actually makes a lot of sense, i always thought the lyrics felt strangely. devoid of any humor for a guy whose entirely shtick was that he was tongue in cheek

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Originality is not quality. It's as simple as that.