For example, you can hear my personal nemesis in a ton of pop songs: a group of male voices repeatedly shouting “hey”, usually placed on the offbeat.
Most hit songs pull from the same small library (or libraries) of high-quality recorded samples. If a sound engineer or artist is able to record a sound effect, specific percussion hit, or other desirable sound, he or she is able to market it and charge high fees for its use. Because the pop market is controlled by a few large record labels and music companies, like Warner Music Group*, almost all of the songs pull from the same collections of samples. This results in us hearing the exact same effects over and over again which, in turn, contributes to pop music sounding “generic” or similar across the genre. For example, you can hear my personal nemesis in a ton of pop songs: a group of male voices repeatedly shouting “hey”, usually placed on the offbeat. Fancy uses this sample. Be advised that the song is explicit.