Looked up the song info. The bass line is from this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw1OwMrh7XA
Maybe some other bands picked it up as wellā¦
Especially this one is more recentā¦
Fascinating. I canāt hear the same bass line in any of those songs, but Iām not very sophisticated (no pun intended) when it comes to sampling. Although, just because the bass line was sampled into a new song, that doesnāt mean the new songās bass line comes from the old song, right?
That made me laugh out so loud! Comment of the day.
Well, it should be from the old song. It can be altered somehow, but Iām not really an expert on the subject.
However, I think the bass line is quite easy to recognize in the original (around 0:22) as well as in the other song, where itās part of the booming rhythm around 1:30 into the song.
Itās possible that they still have to credit/pay the original artist even if it is altered. But then itās usually not worded āsampledā. If itās sampled then it should be the same.
For example you canāt just transpose a melody into a different key and claim you wrote it then. You still have to credit the original artist but afaik itās not called āsampledā in that case.
I didnāt listen long enough to the modern song to hear it but I agree that it is clearly audible in the original version as you said around 0:22
Ahahaha hilarious I didnāt get it, I love Public Enemy. Chuck D is one of my heroes.
You should give it a try, it seriously kicks ass for a line written in 1977
And sampling indeed is subject to authorization, but Iām not sure the early hip-hop artists cared about that part
Thank you, I can hear it now!
That is funny! But I think a lot happens during that half-measure rest and itās probably hard to recognize without that part.
And again it shall not be said that I do not deliver: Music Sheet for āIām fixing my shieldā
Maaaan - I have way too much time on my hands xD Good thing the bass build kit arrives tomorrow.
Well, a sample is just thatā¦ a sample from a source. You can then work over it and do anything with it to the point itās not recognizable, but in the end itās still a sample from a given source.
Even if you change a bit of the melody, they can go after youā¦ Just ask Vanilla Ice
He canāt even make a straight face ahah
They didnāt (and some still donāt). The truth to the matter is that back then (before youtube) only artists profiting (more than tobacco money) were worth the pursue, and even then only after hip hop moved from the underground to the mainstream. The above mentioned Vanilla Ice talks about just that in some documentary, in a somewhat b*tthurt manner that someone cared enough to sue him.