Youngr, "Ooh Lordy"
The convergence of musical genres is rendering obsolete some of the old debates about authenticity and aura. Back in the late 1990s, when artists like Moby and Primitive Radio Gods sampled old blues recordings and spirituals, they were trying to impart a sense of deep feeling, a grainy authenticity to a genre (electronic music) that was thought to be too slick and sterile. When Youngr uses the "ooh lordy" sample, it's just a bit of melodic, percussive seasoning, like the drum hits throughout the song. Indeed, I'm just assuming that the "ooh lordy" is sampled from an old blues song, but it might not be, and in some sense the question is irrelevant. With lyrics about "making love in the summer sun," this is a lot more blissed out and chill than I'd imagine a song named "Ooh Lordy" to be.
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