I don’t know what kind of nerve it takes to rip off the easily recognizable main loops from one of the most classic dance songs of all time, stick little bigger beat behind it, and claim it as your own, but that’s what Alex Kenji & Federico Scavo have done. Now one might be inclined to point out that the original Paperclip People loop comes from Loleatta Holloway’s song ‘Hit and Run’, and so they are just using that same loop. No harm, no foul. But I’m calling bullshit on that they just happened to use the same 2 bar loop ( seriously. 2 bars.) and its all incidental contact. Especially since it’s not like the song Throw was some obscure song. If you’re going to pay homage, then pay homage and give some fucking credit. Otherwise, it’s a shady rip off job, and something to be ashamed of. Sampling is of course the nature of the game… but don’t piss on their leg and say its raining. Especially one of the most recognizable names in dance music, Carl Craig. With all the digital filters, vst’s, and production tricks they could have done a million things to try and distinguish their sample as something new… and yet nothing more than a cheap copy and paste job.

All that aside, it doesn’t make the loop any less magic, but clearly it’s Carls magic. If only they wouldn’t have been such flagrantly asshats about it.

Dryhump Champion: Alex Kenji & Federico Scavo – Gimme Five (don lowed)

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Should need no introduction.

Dryhump Champion: Paperclip People – Throw (12 Inch Version) (don lowed)

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The original sample come in at 7:29. See how short it is… now tell me it’s all just a coincidence.