droid Wrote:[ its the unexpected recontextualisation of another source that is one of the most interesting things about the music - R+B has been doing it to Middle Eastern Rhythms for years...
nope.
timbalaand & dj quick have been incorporating 'asian-bollywood' vibes in one or 2 of their tracks but never a middle eastern influence.
at least I've yet to hear any.
speaking of which that tune quick produced for that girl on dre's label (I've forgotten her name & the name of the track) which went number one & sold millions of copies worldwide,resulted in them being sued to fuck & handing over something like 5 million dollars because they sampled an indian singers vocal throughout the track without her permission.
if they'd have cleared it with her it would have cost a tiny fraction of that & would have avoided all legal hassles..the same goes for cooli-o who sampled/resung a stevie wonder track on 'Gangsta's Paradise'...stevie (greatest song writer of all entire time in my eyes) wonder then took him to court & endedup taking 98% of all royalties & publishing from that track.
rick james-mc hammer pretty much the same thing.
the lesson to be learnt is if your gonna sample ppl's tings & be blatant expect to get the pants sued off ya!
p.s...jive bunny & the mixmasters-remember them? same thing ,didn't make a penny from those hits...but they deserved 2 b sued for sampling shit music & making it even shittier...
sorry dROID,I get really side tracked at times...