[Shaun]

Interesting? Lazy? Creative? Boring? wot do u fink

[King Gizzard]

Unoriginal in the wrong hands

Think it only works if the song was obscure in the first place so that listeners will think they came up with it m8

[Benjamin]

Some sampling can be very interesting and creative, but alas, nowadays most sampling is just a lazy and poor rehashing of the original.

[Locke.]

Depends.

They could always do a Kanye and improve the song like he did with that Daft Punk one and many others

[InOne]

Works well with good artists and when done right. Stan for example.

[Jords]

It depends if the outcome is good or not I guess. But I think its interesting and its not being over-done. It involves more work that a cover.

[King Gizzard]

Touch the Sky - Kanye is probably one of my favourites

[Ninastar]

Could be amazing, especially in the past but now with this new ****ty era of music, no.

[Roy Mars III]

Originally Posted by Locke.

Depends.

They could always do a Kanye and improve the song like he did with that Daft Punk one and many others

Agreed, depends on the artist and what they do with it. Kanye is great at it

[Mystic Mock]

Muse done good with Uprising so it can work imo,it just doesnt work very often I dont think.

[Samuel.]

I love it, when it's done right.

Like:

Youtube video

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Nathan

Touch the Sky - Kanye is probably one of my favourites

Curtis Mayfield wasn't obscure though

Kanye constantly confuses me. Because almost all of his music is sampled, and a lot of his singles have borrowed huge tunes (Daft Punk, Otis Redding, Curtis Mayfield, Shirley Bassey) I should dislike him... but I think if anything he produces the tunes differently enough (most of the time) and adds his own label to it.

But then again if you look at a recent example of a really unoriginal sample - Beyonce's Run the World - I love that too. So maybe I'm just a mess.

[King Gizzard]

Oh i know he wasn't Move on Up is one of my favourite songs

[Tom]

It depends on the person and what happens to it. Not a sample as such but Jay Z & Linkin Park- Numb/Encore is one of my favourite songs, particularly the Encore part (with Numb backing). But it can just as easily go wrong- see Tinchy Stryder- You're Not Alone, Beyonce- Run The World*, Leona Lewis- Collide etc. Jennifer Lopez also gets a lot of stick for sampling Lambada on On the Floor but the sample was completely changed and modernised, that one really works imo.

*Beyonce- Run The World is actually a really good song and shes choreographed it well in performances but to me it just defeats the purpose of the original. Its not a song that should have lyrics.

[King Gizzard]

Yeah Numb/Encore is brilliant

[Brother Leon]

Eminem - No Love made me love "What Is Love" even more. That worked nicely.

[Niall]

Originally Posted by Locke.

Depends.

They could always do a Kanye and improve the song like he did with that Daft Punk one and many others

This.

It can work really well sometimes. Look at Hung Up. That song sampled abba and it's pretty damned awesome.

[Doogle]

Originally Posted by King_Anton

Eminem - No Love made me love "What Is Love" even more. That worked nicely.

No Love by Eminem worked well actually

I don't really mind sampling, it happens loads. Hardly anyone is creative anymore, I've gotten used to the fact. I make sure I always listen to the original though if I know there's a sample in it.