Once again a Throwback Thursday post has come back to haunt me! This week I was planning on using Amerie's "One Thing", but suddenly, out of the blue, she decides to just drop a new single like it's nothing! After a 5-year absence, Ameriie (as she now spells it) is making her return back to music with a new track called "What I Want", which clearly samples Sugar Hill Gang's "Apache (Jump On It)". Back in the day "One Thing" also used a sample ("Oh, Calcutta" by The Meters at about 1 min 41) but in a much more subtle way. "What I Want" is not a bad song, but the obvious use of the sample is a bit too distracting for me. I caught myself singing the original rather than actually listening to Ameriie's single. I wonder if Alfonso Ribeiro aka Carlton has heard this song yet? :p Check out both songs and their samples below. |
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