Were the mid 90s were all of the hip hop tracks that were using 70s samples?
I call BS because Darius Rucker had Wagon Wheel playing everywhere a few years back
Tennesse Whiskey was top 10 across the country for weeks.
the late 60s included Beatles covers while the Beatles were themselves charting.
Artists don’t straight up cover much anymore, but they interpolate heavy instead. Take the Doechii song or that Drake “Way Too Sexy” song. It’s pretty prevalent still
Comments are really struggling to understand that not every song they hear on the radio is a #1
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Source: Billboard
Tools: Excel, Datawrapper
This factored into a [larger analysis](https://www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/searching-for-modern-standards) that I wrote here about trying to identify modern musical standards.
Were the mid 90s were all of the hip hop tracks that were using 70s samples?
I call BS because Darius Rucker had Wagon Wheel playing everywhere a few years back
Tennesse Whiskey was top 10 across the country for weeks.
the late 60s included Beatles covers while the Beatles were themselves charting.
Artists don’t straight up cover much anymore, but they interpolate heavy instead. Take the Doechii song or that Drake “Way Too Sexy” song. It’s pretty prevalent still
Comments are really struggling to understand that not every song they hear on the radio is a #1
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