I first heard this song on radio 1 and heard it played nearly everyday on radio 1 for a few weeks and I didn't really like it, thoght it was a bit repetitive, but when I went into to town and heard it played in Liquid I liked it and I think you just have to hear it in the right environment to like/appreciate it.
Work that is created based (entirely or in part) on older material. This incorporates sampling and will take you from the realms of hip hop culture transporting you finally in today’s modern fragmented musical landscape. You will have to listen to some of the artists to fully appreciate them and their work.
This is my favourite MIA song and when I saw 'Slumdog Millionaire' I thought it fit the film great especially the scene it was used in.
Its backing track is a sample from the 1982 song "Straight to Hell" by The Clash, while the chorus is based on that of the 1992 Wreckx-n-Effect song "Rump Shaker".
Another example...
Interpolation of Alphaville’s Forever Young sang by Mr. Hudson.
Audiences that are both niche and mainstream. E.g.: Radio 1, 1xtra, BBC6, XFM
The ways in which people engage and listen to music e.g.: iPod, DAB, mobile phones etc.
The legal issues surrounding sampling. (Led Zeppelin ‘borrowed’ heavily from old bluesmen and it took years for the songwriters to be credited and paid royalties. The same group took a hard-line stance initially to be sampled by hip hop groups.)
'Early sampling artists simply used portions of other artists' recordings, without permission; once rap and other music incorporating samples began to make significant money, the original artists began to take legal action, claiming copyright infringement.'
'One of the first major legal cases regarding sampling was with UK dance act M|A|R|R|S "Pump Up the Volume". As the record reached the UK top ten, producers Stock Aitken Waterman obtained an injunction against the record due to the unauthorized use of a sample from their hit single "Roadblock".'
'Vanilla Ice sampled the bassline of the 1981 song "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie for his 1990 single "Ice Ice Baby". Freddie Mercury and David Bowie did not receive credit or royalties for the sample.'
Examples: the use of the drum introduction from Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" in songs by the Beastie Boys, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Mike Oldfield, Rob Dougan, Coldcut, Depeche Mode and Erasure, and the guitar riffs from Foreigner's "Hot Blooded" in Tone-Loc's "Funky Cold Medina".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music)
The state of the music industry incorporating any recent developments that change how we access/ interact with music e.g.: Spotify, X Factor, iTunes, illegal downloading, free cds with newspapers etc.
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