1/11/2006 - 1 Thing
Song: 1 Thing
Artist: Amerie
Why this song is the current jam: Today we focus on two songs with real unique sounds. Sounds that sound original and awesome, and though indeed they are bangin and really well done beats, they are 100% about samples. This first one by Amerie is just a bangin track, so exciting, I love how it is just drum fill after drum fill. And the live drums sound so good when all you here is cheesy dirty south drum machines. And even her sort of annoying vocals work for me, like she is so worked up that she has to sing it that way. Produced by Rich Harrison, I think this track does a great job of recontextualizing a sample. Check the original (a tiny, short break with about a minute left) in Oh Calcutta by the Meters. Second, we have Big Pimpin' (also the instrumental) by Jay-Z and produced by Timbaland. This beat is amazing, but it turns out that Timbo, not know for his heavy sampling, jacked the entire thing from Hossam Ramzy's belly dance song Khusara, Khusara (thanks to Nomster for that one). Timbo really was at the front edge of the trend to introduce these cool eastern sounds into hip hop beats. As you can hear, it works like a charm here. Both of these beats take something that was good already and make them something new and interesting. Recontextualizing old music and making it new is not as easy as it seems. I give these guys props for using samples but not completely ala puff daddy.
Artist: Amerie
Why this song is the current jam: Today we focus on two songs with real unique sounds. Sounds that sound original and awesome, and though indeed they are bangin and really well done beats, they are 100% about samples. This first one by Amerie is just a bangin track, so exciting, I love how it is just drum fill after drum fill. And the live drums sound so good when all you here is cheesy dirty south drum machines. And even her sort of annoying vocals work for me, like she is so worked up that she has to sing it that way. Produced by Rich Harrison, I think this track does a great job of recontextualizing a sample. Check the original (a tiny, short break with about a minute left) in Oh Calcutta by the Meters. Second, we have Big Pimpin' (also the instrumental) by Jay-Z and produced by Timbaland. This beat is amazing, but it turns out that Timbo, not know for his heavy sampling, jacked the entire thing from Hossam Ramzy's belly dance song Khusara, Khusara (thanks to Nomster for that one). Timbo really was at the front edge of the trend to introduce these cool eastern sounds into hip hop beats. As you can hear, it works like a charm here. Both of these beats take something that was good already and make them something new and interesting. Recontextualizing old music and making it new is not as easy as it seems. I give these guys props for using samples but not completely ala puff daddy.
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