Steve Miller praised Eminem in a press release Friday after his band’s “Abracadabra” was interpolated within the rapper’s newest single “Houdini.”

Taking to social media after The Loss of life of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) single was launched, the Rock Corridor-inducted artist stated he was “honored” that Eminem selected his 1982 hit for the equally magic-themed single.

“There’s a lengthy chain of tales, poetry, lyrics, and musical roots which have crossed cultures and generations inspiring the entire world for a whole bunch of years and in all these strains of thought, music, and rhythm there are particular artists who take all of it in and create new unique concepts from their very own emotions and experiences,” Miller wrote in his message to Eminem. “You might be a type of timeless originators constructing one thing new on a protracted musical legacy of unique artists.”

Miller continued, “I’ve all the time tried to credit score, honor, and respect the foremost influencers in my life and to all the time credit score, honor royalties and share data of their work by means of my very own work. I didn’t know it could be this fashion after I was a child attempting to make a residing taking part in music and making information, I solely knew I needed to respect the artwork that got here earlier than me and combat for it too amongst all of the crooks, thieves, and imposters.”

Steve Miller Band’s music has regularly 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 Dice, and Biz Markie, to call only a few) in addition to “Take the Cash and Run,” which has been employed by Beastie Boys, N.W.A, De La Soul, Salt-N-Pepa and others. 

The singer additionally credited Eminem as one of many artists “who take the time or make an effort to face up for themselves and credit score and respect their influencers on the identical time,” he wrote. 

“Marshall Mathers you might be an exception and on my brief listing of people that respect the artwork. To be included in your course of feels good whereas I’m nonetheless singing and taking part in the music I really like.”