STiMeY62483 wrote:
Has Mariah ever let anyone officially "sample" one of her songs?
I keep arguing that she won't give permission for Austin Mahone to release "Shawty Shawty" since she's never allowed anyone to sample any of her music like that. "Shawty Shawty" legit samples "Always Be My Baby", and up until now has only been performed live. He's released like 5 or 6 singles and no album though so I don't know.
I'm of a mixed opinion on this. Mariah is definitely stingy about letting artists sample her work and about letting her songs be used in TV, movies, etc. (either in their original form or in being covered). While I get some of that (you want to protect the credibility of something you wrote), I think she's too stingy to the point that it hurts her legacy. "AIWFCIY" being used in
Love Actually, for instance, really aided the popularity/endurance of that classic. That sort of thing could happen for other songs of hers if she'd let it. She didn't allow "Fantasy" to get used in
Glee, for instance, so "I Still Believe" was used instead. That could have been due to how they wanted to use "Fantasy" (i.e. the Nicki feud), so I get it. But that might also stop
Glee people from asking to use other songs of hers. And before anyone responds, I know Glee isn't as popular as it used to be and is sort of a crappy show, but it's also a show watched by young people who may not be overly familiar with her 90s work. I'd love to see "Heartbreaker" or even something like "Love Takes Time" used on the show.