“I born as a bedroom bully!” sure everyone can identify Busy Signal’s Smash hit.
But before you beat your chest about your sexual prowess, did you know this song was sampled?
This song is a remake of Dancehall Icon, Shabba Ranks’ 1993 Bedroom Bully .

In fact, the recent trend of sampling has focused on hits from the 90s. Fancy French Montana’s Freaks ft. Nicki Minaj? Well you and 5 million viewers on YouTube are in the same boat. Yes! In just 5 days this video has received that much views. It’s no wonder it was instantly well received from the public as it is homage to two songs from the 90s.
The intro and title was taken from Lil Vicious – Freaks (1994) and that catchy bass guitar plucks that you like, was taken from the Bam Bam Riddim (1992). Bam Bam Riddim? What’s that now? Let me refresh your memory, Chaka Demus & Pliers – Murder She Wrote.

So is sampling only going on in 90’s dancehall?
Quite the contrary Kendrick Lamar, was voted the hottest MC currently in the game by MTV. Lamar sampled Janet Jackson’s 1993 R&B hit “Anytime Anyplace” in his 2012 release “Poetic Justice”. The video released on February 22nd 2013 is currently at number 59 on YouTube’s Hot 100.

So what’s the deal with this sampling? Is it good or bad for music?
We advocate sampling since it exposes a much younger audience to hit songs from yesteryear. Some critics argue that modern producers are losing their creativity and fail to produce fresh and original tracks. Whatever the argument is, it’s clear that the 90s are striking back!