up in the 80s man half the music I grew up on comes from samples. sample away but if your shit is blatant (read: that recognizable) then pay the lil fee and keep it movin. but we all know this whole issue is a slippery slope and has been since samplings inception and it gets progressively slipperier as we go so niggas took a slide off the roof today. deal with it. if im pharell and im that enamored and "inspired" by the classic song then why not break the fam off alil change and now everybodys happy? jay z shoulda taught him better smh