Pitbull often picks great samples but I don’t understand why he uses samples at all: by the time his song is produced it sounds the same as all the other crap on the radio; whatever magic the sample added has been lost. If they won’t respect the context, or the sonics, or the production of the original song, why use it? It’s not even effective to capitalize off nostalgia because his audience (teenagers staring at phones) doesn’t know the original. Pitbull and his team could be just as rich and famous and sound the same just producing from scratch … I mean compare Steve Silk Hurley’s production to the other one—silk vs. sandpaper.

• Jomanda – Got A Love For You (Hurleys Club Extended Mix)
• Pitbull feat. Jennifer Lopez – Sexy Body