It is often interesting to see how far a melody can travel throughout the music industry.
First, check out this song:
Nicola Fasano vs Pat Rich - 75, Brazil Street
Now, it is a well-known fact that between artists there is a lot of 'borrowing,' it's normal. Remixes are also all around, especially in the dance scene. If with the previous song you thought: "Hey, I recognize that tune." it's very likely. Let's go back, way back, to the 1979 disco scene:
Chicago - Street Player
Next stop, 90's Techno:
The Bucketheads - The Bomb
By now, in the bubble of dance music, recycling becomes more obvious:
Wideboys (feat. Claire Evers) - Bomb The Secret
It is at this point that Djs Nicola Fasano and Pat Rich decided to put the scissors on the tune and give it a House wrapper, as you can hear above.
And who else would be at the end of this long and abusive road of sampling but Cuban rapper Pitbull to embrace the tune and inject it once more with a shot of epinephrine and Top 40 bliss.
Although he's known to be quite the rustler, Pitbull has been on a cover-bender for his last couple of hits, introducing his reggaeton and pop audience to the sound of Dance/House music. (For additional examples: 1, 2 and 3)
Pitbull - I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
Monday, June 15, 2009
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excelent! this had to be said!
ReplyDeleteI think you left out the Bucketheads - The Bomb which perfectly used the streeplayers version samples to the max! Classic forerver!
ReplyDeleteCheck again. Just no video.
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