I think the reason Nirvana isn't sampled much is that they're not very "groove" oriented. They're more about cool chord progressions and catchy melodies.
I was really surprised seeing how much newer rappers respect Kurt. Going from 0- stupid famous in months as they do now cuz of social media, they gotta fight the same fight Kurt + Krist and Dave had to I guess
I just remembered Krist of Nirvana ironically said like“Next album will be a rap album. It’s about guns, money, sex and drag…” in a show around 1994. But true future became cooler than he thought, koz Nirvana gave big influence to great hip hop artists. In addition, I’ve gotta mention that my 13yrs son often listens to Nirvana songs on Apple Music, even though I’ve never recommended to him. I couldn’t imagine that when I was a kid and listening to Nirvana in 90s.😂
That's funny, reminds me of when i had just found smells like teen spirit and was listening to it in the car near my family and my mom was like "oh you like nirvana?"
Nirvana influenced 90's rappers in the sense that it changed the whole culture in general and introduced the trend of “real” instead of glittery. It affected hip-hop as well and so instead of Mc Hammer and Vanila Ice who were on top in 1991, we got Wu-Tang Clan, 2pac and Biggie by 1993. Today's rappers are all saying how Kurt Cobain influenced them, but I don't think you can call it influence. They like the sound of his songs, they like his striped sweater and weird glasses, they like that he's depressed but still cool. But they haven't adopted what Nirvana was all about - its ethics and aesthetics. If Cobain really influenced you, you wouldn't be singing about money, bitches, guns, lean and pills.
Post Malones did a whole Nirvana covers set he streamed during Covid as a fundraiser was incredible. He sounded unbelievable and was backed with travis barker on drums too. Well worth watching that if you can. Not even really a fan of his but that’s so good.
3MG song called sunsprayed. Also living legends song called 2010. Both super dope nirvana sampled songs. Eligh is an amazing producer. Oh and you can’t forget Z-Man 4 hours of sleep. Like track 12 I think is called oj Simpson and Courtney love.
Russian alternative band Психея sampled Smells Like Teen Spirit in their song "Убей мента". The song is banned in Russia and included in their register of extremist materials but you can still find the video on RUclips. And since you mentioned Prodigy - yeah, they had just phenomenal popularity. In the 90s, there was practically a war between different youth subcultures in the post-Soviet countries. There were three biggest groups - rockers, rappers and ravers. They distinguished their own from outsiders by their hoodies with prints. Rockers had Nirvana prints, rappers had Onyx prints, and ravers had Prodigy prints. All the walls were painted with the names of these bands or their logos. I remember myself drawing that angry Onyx face and wearing a Nirvana smiley face badge, even though I didn't even know they were music bands. I thought that's what those faces were called, lol. But I think both rockers and rappers secretly loved Prodigy. When they gave a concert at Red Square in 1997, there were ravers, rappers, punks and skinheads rocking out together.
@@coolphantomsimpleton5907 Adam's song (a song about a Blink 182 fan that committed suicide) has a verse that is a direct response to Come As You Are's lyrics
If u wanna talk about references to Cobain in songs specifically that of more modern rap then u might as well mention an artist by the name of Lil Peep. He’s referenced him in songs like Cobain Nose Ring and others and many people say he was a similar persona as Cobain. RIP peep❤️Rip Cobain legends.
Haha, yeah, I noticed that too! Honestly, I'd rank Tenacious D as one of the legit greatest rock bands in history. Probably in the top twenty, IMHO. Hell, I'd rank Spinal Tap pretty high up there too! 😂
Melodies, chord progressions, etc, get reused all the time. It’s apart of being an artist, a good composer borrows, a great composer steals. Look at literally any Jazz song for example. It’s the same thing, you take what’s already made and make it anew.
There is sampling...and being being inspired by or... Kurt inspired me to my soul and you can hear him in me. but I would never "sample" anything as a songwriter. I don't know how to do that in these peoples minds respectfully. Or perhaps that it their way. Who am I too judge? If music has influenced you, it has worked.
i personally love sampling as an artform, but i think some of the songs in this video are gratuitous in their use of nirvana's music (you could argue kurt sampled on montage of heck, though in a much different way)
Are you not gonna share/show Snoop Dogg, xxxtentacion an Post Malone like I know Post Malone covered some NIRVANA songs an personally asked for permission to do so which is cool but not including them 3 after showing the 3 in the intro also I feel like Tupac was influenced to cuz I saw a video were he talked about Kurt Cobain
Cool now show all the Songs Kurt cobain sampled. Not to mention Smells like teen spirit drums took inspiration from black artist. Also don't forget About a girl and Come as you are is also samples too.
Not really they were huge in UK but not really here. We got the hits imported but they weren't huge, about as big as say Fatboy Slim or maybe Third Eye Blind, a band who had a couple of hits on the radio.
I always thought xxxtentacions look at me has that smells like teen spirit soft loud thing, i mean nirvana didnt invent dynamics but still. I wonder if nirvana making it post the licensing of samples being mandatory (thanks Gilbert O'Sullivan) contributed to them not being sampled much
He would probably criticize him and they wouldn't get along with each other without meeting in person, the two of them spoke badly about each other xd Although Eminem wasn't famous when Kurt said that But easily if they had been Eminem's contemporary he would have felt insulted by Cobain
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Snoop Dogg virtual signaling makes me bring back old school rituals
dude's hilarious he once reposted a photoshopped picture of him and kurt smoking together thinking it was real
@@rarestnirvanain snoops defense he was probably too high to remember the 2000s let alone the 90s
@@ExtremelyOnlineGuyIt was actually David Spade.
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Virtual signaling
I think the reason Nirvana isn't sampled much is that they're not very "groove" oriented. They're more about cool chord progressions and catchy melodies.
This comment is funny because nirvana’s sound is basically just punk with disco and funk drumming
@@HA11EYS_COM3T could you elaborate on disco drumming. I mean obviously its funk, rock is an echelon of funk.
I think it’s because how ever owns the right are not letting it happen
I was really surprised seeing how much newer rappers respect Kurt. Going from 0- stupid famous in months as they do now cuz of social media, they gotta fight the same fight Kurt + Krist and Dave had to I guess
I just remembered Krist of Nirvana ironically said like“Next album will be a rap album. It’s about guns, money, sex and drag…” in a show around 1994.
But true future became cooler than he thought, koz Nirvana gave big influence to great hip hop artists.
In addition, I’ve gotta mention that my 13yrs son often listens to Nirvana songs on Apple Music, even though I’ve never recommended to him. I couldn’t imagine that when I was a kid and listening to Nirvana in 90s.😂
That's funny, reminds me of when i had just found smells like teen spirit and was listening to it in the car near my family and my mom was like "oh you like nirvana?"
Nirvana influenced 90's rappers in the sense that it changed the whole culture in general and introduced the trend of “real” instead of glittery. It affected hip-hop as well and so instead of Mc Hammer and Vanila Ice who were on top in 1991, we got Wu-Tang Clan, 2pac and Biggie by 1993.
Today's rappers are all saying how Kurt Cobain influenced them, but I don't think you can call it influence. They like the sound of his songs, they like his striped sweater and weird glasses, they like that he's depressed but still cool. But they haven't adopted what Nirvana was all about - its ethics and aesthetics. If Cobain really influenced you, you wouldn't be singing about money, bitches, guns, lean and pills.
Not sure if you've heard this but "Atari Teenage Riot" by the band/group of the same name samples the riff from "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as well.
I second this! Phenomenal band
@@Slowdive52 indeed. Shame they're zionists.
Post Malones did a whole Nirvana covers set he streamed during Covid as a fundraiser was incredible. He sounded unbelievable and was backed with travis barker on drums too. Well worth watching that if you can. Not even really a fan of his but that’s so good.
It was insanely good
It was pretty ghey
RIP ICON FOREVER
The song gimme the mic by Limp bizkit has a line territorial piss off and I think there’s more Nirvana references as well
Bro your the best nirvana channel out there I love your essay videos🎉❤
The prodigy are incredible, never clocked the sample in voodoo people
I love the song "Weirdo"!
IT S the best most unknown nirvana song
Burn the rain has to be one of my favorite songs of all time.
Sad it's not complete
Prodigy also sampled the same 'Yay' in their song Serial Thrilla.
Kurt was such a legend
Girl Talk sampled "Scentless Apprentice" in his song "Smash Your Head"
he also had a side project called "Trey Told Em" where an entire song was based off of sampling Moist Vagina
It’s because no one wants to be owned by Courtney Love which is what would happen to anyone who has success with a Nirvana sample
3MG song called sunsprayed. Also living legends song called 2010. Both super dope nirvana sampled songs. Eligh is an amazing producer. Oh and you can’t forget Z-Man 4 hours of sleep. Like track 12 I think is called oj Simpson and Courtney love.
ruclips.net/video/qiNXvZCrlaA/видео.htmlsi=G6RR0_-WbGWhA7te
Smells like teen spirit’s hello part is taken from pixies
And then zillakami used it too
cudi montage is the best here
Crystal Castles "Femen" samples "Smells Like Teen Spirit" but backwards
ok time for nirvana unplugged live show after this
levana kills insomnia sampled too, it’s gonna be released soon
KSG guitar riff was legendary, love that whole album
Great video , liked and subscribed
Credit To The Nation ‘Call it what you want’ from 1993, sampling Smells Like…
After watching Firestarter by the Prodogy I had a hard time sleeping creepy AF
Listen to the Torre Florim cover
7:40 this was actually fire
My song “Stunfisk” uses a beat that sounds like Nirvana's Sliver
Also the song big ploopy by loaded diper is torretts by nirvana
Lmfso
I KNEW IT HAD THE SAME CHORD PROGRESSION *OMG*
Switching lanes by Pierre Bourne interpolates on a plain lyrically
Russian alternative band Психея sampled Smells Like Teen Spirit in their song "Убей мента". The song is banned in Russia and included in their register of extremist materials but you can still find the video on RUclips.
And since you mentioned Prodigy - yeah, they had just phenomenal popularity. In the 90s, there was practically a war between different youth subcultures in the post-Soviet countries. There were three biggest groups - rockers, rappers and ravers. They distinguished their own from outsiders by their hoodies with prints. Rockers had Nirvana prints, rappers had Onyx prints, and ravers had Prodigy prints. All the walls were painted with the names of these bands or their logos. I remember myself drawing that angry Onyx face and wearing a Nirvana smiley face badge, even though I didn't even know they were music bands. I thought that's what those faces were called, lol. But I think both rockers and rappers secretly loved Prodigy. When they gave a concert at Red Square in 1997, there were ravers, rappers, punks and skinheads rocking out together.
Californication by RHCP also references Kurt
Ytru
that Very Ape cover by Little Roy is fire
another is ‘call it what you want’ by credit to the nation! brilliant track
Velcro Homer- Rocco’s modern life on Spotify. I came across this song while listening to Dave’s new book the story teller
I feel like some artist just say he inspired them for brownie points tbh
Gets copyright strikes for random hip-hop songs. Nirvana, no worries mate...
Girl Talk "In Step" samples Lithium. The lead in is Smoosh It by Salt n Pepa. It's pretty pretty smooth.
3:44 not a lot of people get this reference
First time I heard it I was shocked I thought I was onto something lmao guess I was right
What is the reference??
@@coolphantomsimpleton5907 Adam's song (a song about a Blink 182 fan that committed suicide) has a verse that is a direct response to Come As You Are's lyrics
If u wanna talk about references to Cobain in songs specifically that of more modern rap then u might as well mention an artist by the name of Lil Peep. He’s referenced him in songs like Cobain Nose Ring and others and many people say he was a similar persona as Cobain. RIP peep❤️Rip Cobain legends.
“As You Are” by Jarren Benton is an awesome example
Hello ZillaKami
That's what I wanted to add aswell 🚬
fleshwaters kiss the ladder sampled kurt saying "then why are you here" at one of their shows
Can't believe Snoop knew Kurt aside from the fact that makes no sense whatsoever
There is a picture of both and Dre. All three were in the charts in the early 90s.
@@funnyyellowdog8833 theyre fake 😭
He didn’t. Snoop is a glowee
@@funnyyellowdog8833 There wasn't a black person in America in the early 90s who knew what Nirvana was.
@@Leon-zu1wp a black person introduced me to nirvana months before nevermind. he had the sliver 7"
Jack black, tenacious D , Kickapoo , the riff towards the end is just the the one in frances farmer
Haha, yeah, I noticed that too!
Honestly, I'd rank Tenacious D as one of the legit greatest rock bands in history. Probably in the top twenty, IMHO.
Hell, I'd rank Spinal Tap pretty high up there too! 😂
Jack Black is insanely talented, truly was born to be a rock star
Sampling is heresy
gerard way uses the hello hello from smells like teen spirit in baby you're a haunted hause
As you are jarren benton....samples Come as you are through the whole song with Kurt's vocals
I wouldn’t do it.
My angel by Shaggy sounds like Kurt in son of gun
dude the producer who made the lil nas x beat for panini should be ashamed of themselves that is just clear and blatant rip off..
Melodies, chord progressions, etc, get reused all the time. It’s apart of being an artist, a good composer borrows, a great composer steals. Look at literally any Jazz song for example. It’s the same thing, you take what’s already made and make it anew.
@@HA11EYS_COM3T that is getting to be a pretty tired excuse for people who play with FL Studio
am i the only one who thinks its a reach and doesnt even sound like it that much fr
as a long term nirvana fan
snoop did not know kurt btw idk why he said he did
There is sampling...and being being inspired by or... Kurt inspired me to my soul and you can hear him in me. but I would never "sample" anything as a songwriter. I don't know how to do that in these peoples minds respectfully. Or perhaps that it their way. Who am I too judge? If music has influenced you, it has worked.
i personally love sampling as an artform, but i think some of the songs in this video are gratuitous in their use of nirvana's music
(you could argue kurt sampled on montage of heck, though in a much different way)
I am completely on your page. I’m uncomfortable with all electronics let alone sampling. I have disliked it intensely during most of my writing.
if kurt was alive it wouldnt be a problem tho would it?
Credit To The Nation - Call it what you want - samples Teen Spirit
What about spose - alternative radio?
Hip Hop and Industrial Music are not that far removed from each other.
Are you real syd barrel from pink floy
I will send you 7 dollor if you release new song pls
$7? What a cheapskate!
I'd give him $10.
Are you not gonna share/show Snoop Dogg, xxxtentacion an Post Malone like I know Post Malone covered some NIRVANA songs an personally asked for permission to do so which is cool but not including them 3 after showing the 3 in the intro also I feel like Tupac was influenced to cuz I saw a video were he talked about Kurt Cobain
been looking for that video of 2pac mentioning kurt and i've concluded it's disappeared forever
Cool now show all the Songs Kurt cobain sampled. Not to mention Smells like teen spirit drums took inspiration from black artist. Also don't forget About a girl and Come as you are is also samples too.
Butthole Surfers "Jingle of a dog's collar" sounds kinda like "Come as you are" but I'm not sure if it was intentional
Came across this video after listening to the new JPEGMAFIA which is a really interesting example of fussing rap and rock sampling.
Пошлая Молли - Ханнамонтана тоже семплит Smells like teen spirit
What about My iron lung by radiohead?
The Prodigy is not a big deal in The States?
Not really they were huge in UK but not really here. We got the hits imported but they weren't huge, about as big as say Fatboy Slim or maybe Third Eye Blind, a band who had a couple of hits on the radio.
smack my b up made some waves i think haha. maybe for the wrong reasons
@@rarestnirvana yep, that and Firestarter.
@@rarestnirvana Also Firestarter. Those are the 2 songs I remember getting radio play in the US back in the 90's
ruclips.net/video/inu0xeteuxg/видео.htmlsi=xLx9Oe38jdsFeMl5
And there's no deep cuts on the In Utero album
Snoop is lying
I always thought xxxtentacions look at me has that smells like teen spirit soft loud thing, i mean nirvana didnt invent dynamics but still. I wonder if nirvana making it post the licensing of samples being mandatory (thanks Gilbert O'Sullivan) contributed to them not being sampled much
did snoop dog hang with KC tho?
Probably
Great, youve had your kneecaps removed ..at birth 😂✌️
Should've put 'Lie to Me' by Silverchair on here, it's a copycat of 'Tourettes' haha
where is this thumb photo
Hotel Intercontinental in Rio De Janeiro, BR
It sampled an interview instead of a song: ruclips.net/video/KfGwxTkxSJQ/видео.htmlsi=5XuA9igoYZtMloRv
I wish Kurt lived long enough to hear Eminem
He would probably criticize him and they wouldn't get along with each other without meeting in person, the two of them spoke badly about each other xd
Although Eminem wasn't famous when Kurt said that But easily if they had been Eminem's contemporary he would have felt insulted by Cobain
Kurt had a problem with Axl rose and Eminem is literally everything Kurt stands against* if he hated rose chances are he'll hate Eminem
@@andrei283 I wonder what it would have sound like if Eminem made a Kurt cobain diss track if he was still alive
@@andrei283 Besides, Kurt didn't like white rappers.
@@DavidStachura-t5u prolly call him a junkie
1:44 no wonder that album wasnt well received that was shit 😭😭
The Sadiq one is a reach for sure, no way he took that small part from nirvana
@@EggBuehl Raphael has confirmed it. I only included songs here that are officially listed as samples, I didn’t just make these up
Oh he did!? My bad! Apologies, I stand corrected
@@EggBuehl no worries, very different songs, i doubt i would've picked up on it without seeing it in a list of samples
Your definition of “interpolation” is a little narrow.
how would you define it?
making a video about songs that sample nirvana yet you make no mention of that one really stupid Renard track
call it what you want by credit to the nation is a more obvious choice than most of these
And it's a well done sample. Great song