Buju Banton's 'Champion' gets 2013 lift from Selena Gomez

[K74T]

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NBAT - Non Bodi Affecting Topic

With the recent outburst of island-fever going airborne these last few months, varying American acts have caught the bug with Pop icon Selena Gomez joining the wave.





Sampling Buju Banton's hit single Champion from his 1995 'Til Shiloh album, the former Disney channel star gives the track an interesting twist on her latest single Like a Champion (see above).

Appearing on her July-released album Stars Dance, Gomez utilized the sample for its maximum effect, allowing Banton's original lines "Walk like a champion/ talk like a champion/ ram-pa-pa-pam-pam" to act as both the introduction and hook for the track.

Unfortunately Gomez missed the mark with the execution of the sample; serving Banton's classic 90's tune very little justice.

The juxtaposition of the track's backdrop matched with the chorus and verses appear as an odd couple. The song lacked an intriguing harmony, almost as if the verses and the sample weren't meant to be on the same track at all...almost playing reminiscent of Rihanna's controversial single Man Down.

But what do you think of Gomez's sample?

FUN FACT- Banton's Champion has been sampled a few times before; in 1996 by Happymen on the single Love is You (Stunned Guys Mix); in 1998 by Suprême NTM on the single Pose Ton Gun; in 1998 by Eve on the single Eve of Destruction and by Sub Focus in 2004 on the single Soundguy.

Thoughts?

[wagonrunner]

that's the only two lines she could have understood from the original orrr?

[Ronaldo95163]

She Poocee could get smash een daz wat

[mero]

inb4thirstmangracen.

Jamaican artists getting an extra attention lately from Mericans who seemed to run out of ideas of ppl to sample.

Personally i blame Kanye West

Free Buju

[BrotherHood]

You even know that song fadda?

[Ronaldo95163]

Free Buju and keep Kartel Locked up please.

Srs.

[black start]

[pimptacular]

no a rihanna fan but i think rihanna wouldve done much better with any sort of remake or tribute

[16 cycles]

awaits remix version with more of buju in it....

will make the money....

[crazybalhead]

steuuuuuuppppppppsssssssssss

[Les Bain]

She nah dweet.

[Ronaldo95163]

It sound cork tho...

[crazybalhead]

She nah dweet.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

[~Vēġó~]

belated birthday greetings Selena!!!!!!!!!!!!

[- Rovin's car audio -]

[Ronaldo95163]

Haters gonna Hate yes. It sounding good and i'm not a Selena fan...

But Rebecca Black remains the best to moi <3

[X2]

WOULD SMASH...

First Selena... then that single...

[Ronaldo95163]

Original Champion From Buju. That remix there in OP's post sucks

[caliph tec]

watch how life is ehh,white ppl hate black ppl an still watch them only using d talent off a black man 2 make there money

[Ronaldo95163]

Selena Gomez isn't white

[caliph tec]

Selena Gomez isn't white

i well class her as white jus my view

[~Vēġó~]

you'd prefer that she waylay waylay out in a police station bawlin out for justice?

[ruffneck_12]

If I never liked buju banton song before, I wuda like this song
hate the forced jamaican accent and auto tune
Other than that, is an okay song

[Ronaldo95163]

Selena Gomez isn't white

i well class her as white jus my view

You're an idiot.

[caliph tec]

na buju have some positive music

[ruffneck_12]

na buju have some positive music

LOL

I can think of one song in particular that goes against your statement

[kurpal_v2]

Selena Gomez isn't white

i well class her as white jus my view

You're an idiot.

Established over and over but somehow still amusing

[caliph tec]

Selena Gomez isn't white

i well class her as white jus my view

You're an idiot.

Established over and over but somehow still amusing

uh no i don't understand alyah fellers,whats this person post this for now people opinion an views about d song,idk y y'all get on so na like some lil children

[kurpal_v2]

Selena Gomez isn't white

i well class her as white jus my view

You're an idiot.

Established over and over but somehow still amusing

uh no i don't understand alyah fellers,whats this person post this for now people opinion an views about d song,idk y y'all get on so na like some lil children

Make a turn bigman, yuh ain't want that trouble

[javishm]

no able to see video