samples
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Serato Sample Challenge for $10k Closes Next Week
Who’s taking the $10k?
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Lawsuit Against Chance The Rapper Latest Reminder You Can Be Sued for a Sample on a Free Mixtape
Chance joins Kendrick Lamar and Mac Miller as the latest big-name rapper to be sued over an unauthorized sample.
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French Montana Spent $600k of His Own Money on “Unforgettable”
Unforgettable… and expensive.
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Meet the Brooklyn Soul Band Who JAY-Z, Kendrick & Kid Cudi All Sampled to Make Magic
You’ve heard the Menahan Street Band, even if you’ve never listened to them.
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Cheat Sheet: Every Sample Used on JAY-Z’s ‘4:44’
A breakdown of every sample on Hov’s No I.D.-produced 13th studio album.
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Mac Miller Cleared Sufjan Stevens Sample on “Donald Trump” For Free
“He didn’t know how huge it would be at the time.”
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Travis Scott’s “Antidote” Sample Cost Him 50 Percent of the Record
“It was kind of a weird process.”
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Soul World: How the Soulful Sample is J. Cole’s Greatest Ally
J. Cole and soulful, sample-based production are to eardrums what steak and lobster are to taste buds.
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The Hip-Hop History of Willie Hutch’s “Brother’s Gonna Work It Out” Sample
The complete history of one of the best samples of all time.
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DJ Khaled Clearing a Fugees Sample is Lowkey Fascinating
One of Khaled’s most impressive feats was somehow convincing every member of The Fugees to clear a “Fu-Gee-La” sample.
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Why This German Copyright Case is Big News for Hip-Hop Sampling
A new court decision should serve as a powerful reminder to producers that not every sample needs to be cleared.
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The Best Songs That Didn’t Make The Album Because of Samples
From “Control” to the brand new “Grown Ass Kid,” you could make a classic hip-hop album from the dopeness that an uncleared sample killed.