September 27, 2006

Behind The Music: Lily Allen

Lily Allen fans should head to Music Like Dirt for a zip of the original songs sampled on Alright, Still "and a few others that may or may not have been influences." I had no idea I liked vintage reggae so much. Thanks Idolator for the tip!

The comp's called Alright, Steal. Cute.

Posted at 3:24 PM
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9 Comments

does anybody listen to this record anymore?

Posted by: nick at 09/27/06 3:51 PM | Reply
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Vintage reggae holds its own with any of that early crossover rock/soul/r&b Beatles/everly/roy material. So catchy! Anyways, I never listened to her album, but it's always nice to hear what little talent many samples artists users have. Is it too much to come up with a melody yourself?

Posted by: Devin at 09/27/06 4:20 PM | Reply
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no. it's too little, rockist.

Posted by: janine at 09/27/06 4:32 PM | Reply
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correction: uninformed rockist.

Posted by: janine at 09/27/06 4:33 PM | Reply
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Thanks for the link... wondered why so many people were visiting!

Vintage reggae is a constant joy. Ive been delving around in it for 20 years and I still get surprised by a gem I haven't heard before. Go buy one of the mega cheap Trojan compilations or anything on Soul Jazz.
Glad you enjoyed the comp... and apologies for the cheesy Regal-Illegal, Alright Steal puns :)

Posted by: musiclikedirt at 09/27/06 7:16 PM | Reply
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thanks for the link!

Posted by: jenny at 09/27/06 9:07 PM | Reply
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What makes me uninformed, exactly?

Posted by: Devin at 09/28/06 3:43 AM | Reply
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I guess I should of added sam cooke to that list of artists to fulfill all the genres mentioned. Anyways, what's "too little"?

Posted by: Devin at 09/28/06 3:52 AM | Reply
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I don't have the time to defend a decades old genre to you, but I was referring to, "...it's always nice to hear what little talent many samples artists users have. Is it too much to come up with a melody yourself?"

One reason why sampling is important is that timbre is as important as rhythm or melody. That's why they want a specific snare sound that appears at, like, the 1:12 second mark of a particular Curtis Mayfield sound. Do you honestly think that hip hop producers put all that time and energy into isolating breaks and sounds and constructing beats because they're too lazy to learn how to play an insturment? Or to have guitar doing 16th notes that are all up-strokes?

Really, grab a copy of "Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop" and educate yourself a little. You don't show how great your taste is by writing off other genres and showing us how limited your ear is.

Posted by: janine at 09/28/06 9:27 AM | Reply
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