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I see Puff daddy has been mentioned as a bad example of people who use samples exstensively. That his music is not art , that it is theft etc. etc. I think it`s inportant to see the big picture here , and that is what ballpark the artist is playing in. He isn`t shooting for the same goal as musicians like those on this list is. He is comercial by intent. He tries to show the audience a good time and lets that be a guiding aestetic in his creative choices. We can see that in his videos , his clothes and interviews AND his sampling sources. And there is nothing wrong with this. It`s just the opposite of the "weird is great" lines of thought often demonstrated on this list. When he samples a "golden oldie" like the Police it serves his purpose of pleasing the audience. It can be defended from his musical standpoint of giving his audience a good time. And it works; when people hear Summers guitar-riff pumping out from the speakers they might not know what or who it was who played it originally , but they can feel the that they`ve heard it before. The "I`ve heard this before" -factor is important in music , Beethoven knew this , Fripp knows this , and by gum Puff knows it too........... The only point that matters to me is this: did the Police get payed when he used their song? If they did than GO PUFFY GO PUFFY GO PUFFY. :-) Yours , Thomas Feel free to check out my web-site: http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Promenade/1628/