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only one who would hear songs in the 90's and say, "she just stole that from Roy Ayers!" or "they stole that from Michael McDonald!" every time a song was sampled...whether they used the same chorus, or interpolated it (re-playing all instruments), or chopped it, or directly sampled it and used the same beat. The only time she didn't say it was "stolen" was if it was a direct cover/remake.
It's hard to say, and in a way, it's just like writing a research paper. You can damn near use four paragraphs from another scholar if you reference it correctly, giving full credit...but if you take one sentence with five words from someone else, and it's so specific, that it's blatantly obvious that you got it from there, you're a thief.
That's how I see it with music. Bruno surely used Teddy Riley's style in "Finesse," but that song doesn't directly copy ANY song from that era....AND he gave him credit after winning the damn Album of the year. It is modeled closest to "Remember the time," hence the blend I made, but some folks tried to "correct" me by saying, "it sounds just like it because it's a sample...you ever heard of that before?" not realizing how far off base they are to say that.
With that G-Funk/Dre/Death Row era...of course, some the old heads hated and felt that not only were they watering down what the originators did, but they hated the content and possibly even the fact that it was Rap, period. Yet, there were some who felt opposite, and saw it as a homage, since they always gave full credit, and they exposed this era to a whole new generation of listeners, such as myself.
So yeah, it can be about interpretation and who you ask as well. ------------------------------
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