Tyga Roasted for New Song Sampling Queen, David Bowie and Vanilla Ice
Disbelief
It's not true the gworls or not on the song lmao
— shelly♏ (@shelly_400) June 14, 2023
Many fans were horrified to hear that Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice will reportedly be collaborating on this song. They hoped it would not be true.
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Would've made more sense
— El Warner (@ElWarner4) June 16, 2023
Some fans wondered if this song might come from Ice Spice, not Tyga, as it would set her up for an easy play on her stage name.
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it's so very difficult to be an avid sampling advocate when the most common mainstream examples include someone taking a once popular catchy hook and reusing it as, you guessed it, a catchy hook https://t.co/mmc1WFHWLz
— 𝗃𝖺𝖼𝗄 (@an_isopod_) June 16, 2023
AI musicians are going to replace us if we keep sampling like this 😂 https://t.co/Ly1frcgUDb
— slr (@Younglordsean) June 15, 2023
Some commenters felt that samples like this made the whole practice of sampling music in hip hop look bad.
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I was thinking that Eminem would use it. I was wrong. @Tyga
— Lauren The Orpan (@Lauren3031919) June 14, 2023
Fans thought there were other rappers who would use this sample again before Tyga – primarily other white rappers who might make allusions to Vanilla Ice.
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So tyga when you gonna drop this so I can bop my head to it with the windows down in Kenny’s car skrrr#iceicebaby #tyga pic.twitter.com/tvczIRfUE3
— kelsey power 🦋 (@kelseypower20) June 15, 2023
Many fans expected this song to become a summer hit – whether they are excited about it or not. They figure the beat is simply too catchy to go unnoticed.
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Why did y’all touch this?? Smh. Violation. https://t.co/rKyyBZkN4v
— URBAN FASHION SENSE (@UrbanFashSense) June 14, 2023
Some readers were disappointed to see radio stations and other rappers helping to promote Tyga's new song.
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i cant help but laugh at hip hop right now. this will be the 4th mainstream instance of this exact melody. everyones STARVING for originality😂 and no one can do it. https://t.co/5YMcanoIe0
— Dev (@devindidthat) June 15, 2023
Finally, many fans wondered at the state of mainstream music itself, wondering if the industry is even capable of pushing original ideas these days.
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