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This was on snuggles a couple months ago, but I'm not sure where it's
from originally
Apologies when Outlook reams the formatting on this.
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Puffy' Combs defends 'sample' use on new CD
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
Associated
Press NEW YORK (AP) -- When is a sample not a sample? According to
Sean
"Puffy" Combs, borrowing from other artists' work isn't really
sampling if
the original song isn't a hit.
Sampling, a technique used in rap, R&B, pop and other genres, is
when
artists or producers incorporate another artist's song in their work.
Some
samples take just a tiny part of a song, while others use the entire
piece.
Combs, whose production work has been criticized in the past for
borrowing
heavily from other people's hits, told The Associated Press recently
that
his new album, "P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family ... The Saga
Continues," was
more creative than his previous work because he had not sampled other
artists' songs.
"I think this is a show of a progression, being that I didn't use
any
samples, even though it wasn't planned out," Combs said. "But I
didn't
really use any samples, and it progressed in a way that it went back
to the
basics."
Publicity materials for the record also said it "is comprised of
entirely
original beats and music."
But when the album was released Tuesday, production credits showed
12 of
17 tracks borrowed from other recordings, from Al Green's "Love &
Happiness"
to the Alan Parsons Project's "Sirius."
One Combs song, "Back for Good Now," cited four different songs.
Asked about the discrepancy Wednesday, Combs told the AP there was a
"miscommunication" and that when he said he didn't use samples he
meant he
didn't use samples that were major hits.
"(When) anybody is talking about a sample, usually it's talking
about a
known sample," Combs said.
"There is no Diana Ross sample there," he said, in reference to the
hit
"Mo' Money, Mo' Problems," in which he, the Notorious B.I.G. and Mase
rapped
to Ross' hit "I'm Coming Out."
"People know me, and people always try and criticize me for using
pop
hits," he added. "We did not do that this time."
Combs said rap songs frequently borrow instrumental elements from
other
songs bcause hip-hop artists "don't play live instruments."
He apologized for any confusion, and said future press releases
would be
corrected.
Kevan Shea,
"You have zero privacy anyway, get over it."
- -Scott McNealy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rumoriATjetsam.detritus.net
> [mailto:owner-rumoriATjetsam.detritus.net]On Behalf Of Mark
> Blacklock Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:12 PM
> To: rumoriATdetritus.net
> Subject: [rumori] p diddy
>
>
> Wee request for help.
>
> Does anyone have a copy of an article in which Puff Daddy (as
> was) claimed
> that he wasn't sampling, he was borrowing? I can't remember
> if it went out
> on rumori but I can't find it in the archive or online atall
> and thought
> someone might remember.
>
> ta
> Mark B
>
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