Jack Harlow, Tink, Fivio Foreign, and Paul Woolford have all succeeded at getting Beyoncé samples to clear. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images, Prince ...
This article has been handpicked from the Okayplayer editorial archives and included in our Hip Hop 50 collection as a noteworthy inclusion to the genre's rich and diverse narrative. The article has ...
Whether you want to sample a metal riff for a rap track or need a tasty arrangement for a Beatles tune, these choices have a big impact on a song. When Paul McCartney penned “Yesterday” in 1965, ...
In the late 1970s, disco died — or did it? Certainly, many of the artists most associated with the genre, like ABBA and Donna Summer, receded from view around 1980. However, shortly thereafter, a ...
If you don’t know his name, you definitely know his sound. As the man behind the hugely popular Drums That Knock sample libraries, DECAP’s expertly crafted percussion hits have embedded themselves ...
As an art form, sampling has been evolving for 35 years now. That's about how long ago it's been since the legendary producer Marley Marl revolutionized hip-hop production when, almost by accident, he ...
If you’ve ever wondered how much it can really cost you to sample a song without permission, Sean “Diddy” Combs has an answer for you, and it might surprise you—in fact, it seems to have even ...
Music lovers have been given a collaboration they didn't know they needed with Kanye "Ye" West teasing a new song that sampled a Backstreet Boys hit. A video shared on the X, formerly Twitter, by ...
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