Sampling is one of my favorite things about hip-hop.

It makes songs that would otherwise just sound normal sound like a piece of art because of the samples that are featured on the song. For example, Kanye West’s first single, Through the Wire, sampled an Aretha Franklin song and because of the sample, the song is a work of art.

That being said, I do agree with the families of the artists that’s work deserves to be credited and the original artist deserves some credit as well as money for having their song sampled.

If I made a classic piece of music that is sampled 200 times, I better be paid for every single song that has been sampled.

The fact that some artists don’t take into account the fact that some current artists do not pay for their samples is so upsetting. It is a huge sign of disrespectful to the original artist.