I’m always interested in finding out where a song gets its samples from. I remember when I first got into electronic music I would hunt down the original songs so I could hear what changes were made and what parts were taken, etc. I specifically remember going through the linear notes to Moby’s Play<\/i> and The Sneaker Pimps’ Becoming X<\/i> to find the sources.<\/p>\n
Recently on Amazon.com<\/a> (of all places), I found one of the more helpful (though often annoying) user-created lists\/guides: So you’d like to… find out who’s sampling who?<\/a><\/p>\n While it’s far from a comprehensive list, I did learn about Brandy’s “Should I Go?” which samples Coldplay’s “Clocks” and Dannii Minogue’s “Perfection” which samples Miami Sound Machine\/Gloria Estefan’s “Turn The Beat Around.”<\/p>\n The only really good samples database I’ve been able to find is Ishkur’s Great Samples Database<\/a>, but the interface is less-than-to-be-desired and it doesn’t even include all the samples listed on that Amazon page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m always interested in finding out where a song gets its samples from. I remember when I first got into electronic music I would hunt down the original songs so I could hear what changes were made and what parts were taken, etc. I specifically remember going through the linear notes to Moby’s Play and … Continue reading Who’s Sampling Who<\/span>