He Sampled Most Of His Hit Songs – Billboard Releases Long List Of American Songs Sampled By Burna Boy

Top American media powerhouse Billboard has published an article about all the American hit songs Afrobeats star Burna Boy has sampled.

According to Billboard, Burna Boy has sampled or interpolated most of his hit songs from American classics.

“Many of Burna’s most celebrated songs,” the article opens, “have borrowed elements from some recognizable U.S. pop, soul and hip-hop favorites.”

The article, released on Monday, reveals that Burna Boy has sampled or interpolated 14 songs by American artists to make hits.

Such Burna Boy songs as “Last Last,” “Ye,” “Sittin on Top of the World,” and “Monsters You Made” are some of the 14 songs, according to Billboard.

“The Afro-fusion superstar also notably sampled Toni Braxton‘s hit “He Wasn’t Man Enough” on his 2022 summer smash “Last Last.” Rodney “Darkchild” Jenkins, Fred Jerkins III and LaShawn Daniels all earned credits on “Sittin’ on Top of the World” and “Last Last” since they co-wrote both “Top of the World” and “He Wasn’t Man Enough.

“Naughty by Nature‘s 1999 hit “Jamboree” plays a part in not just one Burna record, but two: The Nigerian singer-songwriter borrowed elements from “Collateral Damage” in 2019 and did it again one year later on “Naughty by Nature,” featuring the titular hip-hop trio. Speaking of doubles, the Sauti Sol-featuring “Time Flies” track from 2020 lifts from Sade‘s 1985 hit “The Sweetest Taboo” and Marc Anthony‘s 2002 track “I Need You.”

“And Burna has an affinity for reworking Michael Jackson‘s old works, referencing The Jackson 5‘s “I Want You Back” on his 2011 track “Ice Cream Man” and “Dirty Diana” on the Chris Martin-assisted “Monsters You Made” in 2020.”

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