some of the greatest songs ever weren't even performed by the original artists...for example, Marvin Gaye's rendition of I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah, Jimi Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower, Johnny Cash's Hurt etc.

we live in a time where it's more common to sample/interpolate songs than to actually cover them. personally i'd love to see contemporary artists take on covers more often because it gives them the ability to recontextualize the source material, just like we've seen in the past

Rap doesn't lend itself well to it unless interpolated, it's the dominating form right now so nah

Partially because it's so individualistic and verses are looked at as diary entries

After this monstrosity, f*** no

Of course a bad artist doing a cover is gonna still be bad

I think op meant good artists

The problem is MGK is trash to start with

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Snoop did it well on Lodi Dodi, but he changed it up a little bit lol

Sampling / interpolations overtook the cover song lane

Honestly if Drake just straight up covered Playaz Club it would've been hot

Same with Mo Money Mo Problems and Worst Behaviour

do you think it could be a legal thing too? like for songwriting credits i mean

this is also a great cover

This doesn't sound that great, but it has a lot of potential if it were re-recorded and mixed properly

I'd love to hear Frank cover Pristine by Snail Mail

He absolutely does not have the voice for this wow

in my personal opinion if you're gonna release a cover you should add your own flair to it to make it your own

i think ppl would rather just sample/interpolate at that point

Name a better cover song
Altough its more of a remix actually
Nvm just appreciate the song

His version felt more personal imo

They've stopped?

Feel like there's always covers/interpolations

What was that Post Malone cover people were going crazy about a few years back?

what i mean is hit songs that are covers

it was probably that dont think twice it's alright cover

Yeah looks like you’re right.