From alalan Sent Mon, Mar 16th 1998, 23:15
From alalan Sent Mon, Mar 16th 1998, 23:15
> While Monday's ASCAP announcement stunned rappers across the
> U.S., signs of the impending crisis were present years ago. In 1989, James
> Brown became the first sample source to be exhausted, when the Jungle
> Brothers used a snippet of Brown sneezing during an outtake for "The Big
> Payback" on its album Done By The Forces Of Nature. By 1992, the music
> of numerous other high-profile artists was exhausted, including George
> Clinton, Rick James, Kool & The Gang, Prince and Queen. By 1995, nearly
> 80 percent of ASCAP-registered artists were tapped out as sample sources,
> including Roxette, Peaches & Herb, Bruce Hornsby, White Lion and Jon
> Secada.
>
I'm a little confused. I'm not too knowledgable about the politics of
sampling, but what does this mean, music of artists being exhausted?
Does this mean the artist finally fights back and says "you can't
sample from me anymore"?
Are there any implications for less "ripoff" type sampling as is seen
in techno/trip hop/drum 'n bass, where the samples are often much
less identifyable? For that matter, to what extent does a sample have
to be changed in order for it to be usable?
> Last Friday, the number of unsampled songs fell to two when rapper
> Master P paid $12 million for the rights to "Is It Love," the B-side to the
> 1986 Mr. Mister hit "Broken Wings."
>
Ali Lalani
"When injustice becomes law...
Resistance becomes duty."
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