![]() ![]() Yes, he was sort of looking at his pop music factory as a hit factory, you know, like many super producer entrepreneurs of yore. What’s different - and this is a crucial, not an academic difference at all - is who is the person behind the music. Jayson, how is what’s happening now with artists like Yung Gravy different from what Puffy or Will Smith were doing in the ’90s? ![]() Read on for a partial transcript of the conversation, edited and condensed for length and clarity, and listen to the full conversation wherever you find podcasts. Greene points to recent examples like the rapper Yung Gravy, who recently scored a breakout hit with the song “ Betty (Get Money)” by repurposing the chorus of Rick Astley’s “ Never Gonna Give You Up,” as well as pop stars Britney Spears and Dua Lipa, who each recycled portions of Elton John’s music for their own singles.įor some greater understanding of this trend, Today, Explained host Sean Rameswaram spoke to Greene on Vox’s daily news explainer podcast. ![]() “And they have bought up with their significant holdings and power a huge portion of most of what American listeners consider to be the most beloved pop music and pop songs of the past 50 to 100 years.” “Some very business-savvy people have spotted that the value of well-known intellectual property in pop music has been skyrocketing,” he says. The 1997 hit contains a sample and an interpolation of Diana Ross’s 1980 Billboard hit “ I’m Coming Out.”Īround the same time, Puffy (as he was known then) also sampled The Police’s “ Every Breath You Take” for “ I’ll Be Missing You.” And Will Smith dropped “ Men in Black,” which basically lifted all of Patrice Rushen’s “ Forget Me Nots.”īut nearly 25 years later, Pitchfork’s contributing writer and editor Jayson Greene says what’s old has become new all over again. An obvious example is “ Mo Money Mo Problems” by The Notorious B.I.G. If you’ve listened to music over the past 35-plus years, you’ve probably noticed that some of the songs you’re streaming from your smartphone sound a lot like the songs that roared out of previous generations’ record players and car radios.įor Gen X (and some older millennials), this sort of thing has happened before. ![]()
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