Top Five Most Overused Samples
There are a couple samples that I hear way to much in mashups and I’m sick of it. I’m going to list my top five in hopes that upcoming artists will see this and thus shy away from using them. Here we go:
5. Juicy – Notorious B.I.G.
Great song, don’t get me wrong…doesn’t mean it can’t be overused though. He’s blown up like the World Trade, now give him a break.
4. Any acapella by Lady Gaga
Unless you can nail pitch shifting an instrumental so it actually is in key with the acapella, then don’t use the acapella. This applies for all (non-rap) acapellas, but with Lady Gaga, people seem to think its OK to just throw it into any old instrumental like it’s not a song in a certain key…well it is.
3. Viva La Vida – Coldplay
This song is perhaps the definition of overused. That’s it. Stop using it. I don’t want to hear it.
2. Kids – MGMT
Even MGMT doesn’t like this song anymore.
1. Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses
I don’t even understand why this is used so much in the first place…would anyone care to explain? Sure it’s a nice little riff, but I don’t see its place in mashups. I’ve heard it in about every key and tempo and it’s never impressed me once. Lately I’ll just stop listening to a mashup if I hear this sample used.
So those are what I think the top five most overused samples are. Did I miss one? Is there a song you just loathe that isn’t on this list? Let everyone know in the comments.
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