{"id":606,"date":"2018-09-16T20:39:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T20:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/?p=606"},"modified":"2018-09-16T20:39:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T20:39:02","slug":"otis-and-its-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/blog-08\/otis-and-its-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Otis and its Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As an artist who often incorporates energy and soul into his music, Kanye West\u2019s sample of Otis Redding in his song \u201cOtis\u201d is masterful. Redding\u2019s 1966 hit \u201cTry a Little Tenderness\u201d is a piece of advice for men, examining the mind of a woman in a man\u2019s sights. Redding, in the most recognizable portion of the song, sings the cleverly rhymed phrase, \u201csqueeze her, don\u2019t tease her, never leave her.\u201d Kanye utilizes this rhyme scheme in \u201cOtis\u201d repeatedly, making an upbeat and catchy refrain to his rap piece. \u201cOtis\u201d opens with a portion of \u201cTry a Little Tenderness\u201d that is sing-songy and easy to hear and understand. It sets the tone for the rest of the song as it eases into the speedier pace that comes when Kanye and Jay Z enter. While \u201cOtis\u201d really only uses \u201cTry a Little Tenderness\u201d as a background beat and tone setter, seeing that none of the lyrics have anything to do with Redding\u2019s, the sample of Redding makes \u201cOtis\u201d one of Kanye\u2019s best and most popular hits. He honors the original music because he and Jay Z match, if not surpass, \u00a0the energy, passion, and rhythm that Otis Redding employs in his first song. Honoring the original music makes songs that utilize samples appealing to the ear because it gives the listener a reminder and taste of the original, while adding its own spin to the art. As Julia Craven states in her article on Huffington Post, Taylor Swift\u2019s cover of Earth, Wind &amp; Fire\u2019s \u201cSeptember\u201d \u201cI ain\u2019t having it. Swift lacks the passion, the liveliness, the rhythm and, frankly, the soul to properly honor the song.\u201d Kanye and Jay Z embody all these aspects of Otis Redding\u2019s original song in their sample, and because of it are successful in honoring the music. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JAY Z, Kanye West - Otis ft. 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