Sampling

          Many hip-hop artists sample other songs, sounds, or maybe a line and use them as the hook or background melody in a song. I really enjoy songs that are sampled because they don't sound like the usual radio hit you hear everyday. There are tons of examples of songs that use sampling and I will share them because our upcoming assignment asks us to do something very similar.

          Bei Maejor is a hip-hop/r&b producer and artist that uses sampling in very creative ways as you see in the video below. He uses children's toys, a fridge, a bag of chips, bottles, etc. and layers them together to create an actual song with a pretty good beat. This video really exemplifies how creative you can be when it comes to making music. This is just one of many ways that artists make music. 

          Similarly, in this video, Bei Maejor uses fireworks, candles, stove doors and anything else related to fire to make another beat.

          I like the idea of sampling because it uses "found sounds" just like Musique Concrete but in a more modern form. Upcoming rapper G-Eazy samples sound and vocals from the Beach Boys song "Good Vibrations" and uses it in his song: "Endless Summer" I find it interesting and enjoyable to hear artists sample music from other genres and integrate them seamlessly and creatively.

Below is the Beach Boys song that G-Eazy sampled. You can noticeably hear the sounds he sampled at the very beginning of the song.

          I was a Beach Boys fan as a kid so when I discovered "Good Vibrations" was sampled it excited me and made me appreciate G-Eazy's song more. It also tells me that G-Eazy is somewhat a fan of the Beach Boys or is familiar with their work and that is really cool.