Style Sample: Kat Graham

Soo... Kat Graham. You should stuck with acting. It's not that you can't sing, or dance, but originality isn't even in your vocabulary.

So here's Kat. Looking amazingly like the queen of pop herself, Miss Jackson

See it? Yeah, kinda freaky, I know.

I know what you're thinking. "It's just that picture" you say.

Nah, no so much. She's pretty much Janet's twin, which is ok. If that's where it stopped. But it's not, unfortunately. She launched her career with this:

WHY? Do this to this song? WHY WHY WHY? So she started her career ripping off Paula. And so she continued by releasing this:

So now there's the Janet ripoff. "But!", you say, "She's a fan of Paula and Janet! She's just paying tribute." No. She's not. Paying tribute is standing on a stage and yelling "This one's for you Janet" or doing one or 2 of these songs during a concert. NOT launching your career with them. Kat does have some original songs, but they all sound like Janet or Paula songs.

So, Kat Graham. Talented old school style artist or Janet Jackson wannabe? You decide.

Straight up now tell me, is this a bad sample or what? J Cole vs. Paula Abdul

Let me start by saying 2 things:
1. I have been waiting a VERY long time to write this post.
2. I am TOTALLY biased towards the victim.

With that said:

This is one of the few samples I have followed from the beginning. I first saw evidence of this on the victim's twitter (What, you didn't know I had a twitter? YOU AREN'T FOLLOWING ME??? Well go follow me! @stoleaccordion), didn't believe my eyes, and googled it. And low and behold, it was true. I wanted to post it at than moment, but I told myself I'd wait 'till I heard the thief song on the radio. This was 5 months ago. At 1:15 am Thursday, I heard it on 102.7 KIIS FM LA. So here we go! First up: The theif.

Title: Workout
Artist: J. Cole
Release Date: As best as I can tell, June 15 2011
Sample appears at 3:08



The older of you probably recognized the sample here, younger probably did not. I, being a bit of a superfan of the victim, think this is just sooooo wrong. And the original (which I know so well I don't even have to google for the info)

Title: Straight Up
Artist: Paula Abdul (I've beem waiting soo long for an excuse to put that name here)
Realease Date: November 1988



He KILLED this. Why would anyone do this to such a great song? Oh yeah, and the electronic "Doo doo doo doo" sound in the back ground of workout is lifted from "The New Workout Plan" by Kanye West. I would expound, but honestly, I don't care. Phew. Rant over.

Flying off the earth....

Not sample related post: OH MY GOD PAULA ABDUL JUST TWEETED ME.

That is all. You may now return to your life.