This chapter explores the trend of musicians sampling or borrowing from older songs and the increasing prevalence of nostalgia in pop music. It highlights artists like Puffy and Will Smith who have incorporated samples in their music, as well as recent instances of songs sounding similar to classics. The chapter also references a previous discussion on Ed Sheeran's plagiarism lawsuit.
A lot of our new hit music sounds just like our parents’ old hit music. Pitchfork’s Jayson Greene says you should blame publishing companies.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Serena Solin, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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