Prince’s 1999 Hit Phil Collins Like A Dope Fiend On Kensington

[Black Excellence]

…that he had to sample it twice

Then had to defend himself about doing it

Was randomly listening to No Jacket Required and realized this song:




sounds like this song:




…..But hold up it’s using 1999’s 4 beat synth rhythm:

“I loved that song. I bought it when it first came out and I used to listen to it on the road. I just took the tempo … I locked it into the drum machine. That was the end of it.” Confirming he was a “big fan,” he added, “I’d love to sound like Prince.”

“I remember when I first had the demo … there wasn’t a bass part on the song at all,” guitarist Daryl Stuermer said later. “The bass line in the song changed how it first sounded, so it actually ended up sounding less like ‘1999’ after the bass line was laid down.”

“If anyone thinks I’m ripping off specific songs, that is up to them, but I’m not plagiarizing black music. ... I’m a white guy from Hounslow in London. Because of my love of R&B and the fact that I surround myself with black musicians, music critics think I’m trying to convince people that I’m half-black. I have never been under any misconception of who I am or where I come from.”

A dance club is the last place you’d expect to hear Genesis, but R&B has always been one of Collins’ musical mistresses. A note-for-note reproduction of the Supremes‘ “You Can’t Hurry Love” is one of his signature songs, and he had used the horn section from Earth, Wind and Fire on each of his solo albums before producing Bailey, one of EWF’s lead singers. This time around, Collins was going all out to make authentic, contemporary R&B. In addition to the EWF horns, he had recruited keyboardist David Frank, from the acclaimed American funk duo the System, to play on the dance tracks. He had even found room for another EWF trademark, an African kalimba, which he played himself. “This will be another reason for Maurice White not to talk to me,” Collins said, referring to EWF’s leader.

“Depending on whom you talked to, Collins either has a great love and understanding of black music or is its greatest appropriator. According to Collins, White has said that he stopped using the horns because he was sick of hearing them on Phil Collins records.“

Phil Collins Beats The Odds

No hate, still fukk his music heavy I just thought all this shyt was hilarious & fukkery at the same time

 

[Art Barr]

Prince stolen l
production over marvin gaye biter song writing = phil collins's one slash two trick pony black soul singers misappropriation act



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