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Steve Miller Praises Eminem’s ‘Abracadabra’-Interpolating ‘Houdini’: ‘I’m Honored’

Steve Miller praised Eminem in a statement Friday after his band’s "Abracadabra" was interpolated in the rapper’s latest single "Houdini."

Steve Miller praised Eminem in a statement Friday after his band’s “Abracadabra” was interpolated in the rapper’s latest single “ Houdini.” “There is a long chain of stories, poetry, lyrics, and musical roots that have crossed cultures and generations inspiring the whole world for hundreds of years and in all those lines of thought, music, and rhythm there are special artists who take it all in and create new original ideas from their own feelings and experiences,” Miller wrote in his message to Eminem. Steve Miller Band ’s music has frequently been sampled or interpolated by dozens of hip-hop artists, most notably their “Fly Like an Angel” (sampled by the likes of Nas, Jungle Brothers, EPMD, Lil Wayne, Ice Cube, and Biz Markie, to name just a few) as well as “Take the Money and Run,” which has been employed by Beastie Boys, N.W.A, De La Soul, Salt-N-Pepa and others.

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