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Guess Who’s Back? Eminem Relapse Sample Sources
This week marks the big return of Eminem with the release of his 6th studio album, Relapse. It took the man over 4 years to release new material and after a long and troubled period in his life he has...
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2009: A Big Year for Sample-Based Music… and WhoSampled!
2009 was a phenomenal year for sample-based music. Looking at the list of U.S. number-one singles of 2009 to date, it’s astonishing to see that no less than 6 out of 13 are based on samples: Crack a...
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John Barry, 1933 – 2011: Soundtrack Genius
Renowned film composer John Barry has died of a sudden heart attack on Sunday, aged 77. While his most famous works are the 11 soundtracks he composed for the early James Bond films, Barry’s complete...
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Top 10 Bollywood Samples
India’s Hindi language film industry, also known as Bollywood, is arguably the world’s largest film production centre. Bollywood films are famed for their spectacular mix of dance, flamboyant sets and...
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Hip-Hop’s Top Ten Most Sampled Rock Artists
Today being the 42nd Anniversary of the death of rock legend Jimi Hendrix, we thought we would mark the occasion with a run down of hip-hop’s top ten most sampled rock artists. Who says rock and...
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Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, m.A.A.d City: The Samples
Words: Casey Brown / Chris Read In the crowded world of new hip-hop album releases, the past week has belonged to one person, the apparent new king of West Coast rap – Kendrick Lamar. Consciously...
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WhoSampled Integrates into the Blue Note Records iPad App
Back in September we announced a partnership with legendary jazz label Blue Note Records in powering the “Blue Break Beats” section of its official Spotify app. Since then, the label has partnered up...
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The Top 10 Most Popular Samples of 2012
2012 has been another interesting year for sample based music: Hip Hop from the underground continued on its quest to seek out increasingly unlikely sample sources, The Alchemist‘s use of Russian...
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Interview With Anthony “ToneCapone” Gilmour
Anthony Gilmour, otherwise known as Bay Area hip hop producer ToneCapone, has enjoyed an accomplished and varied career in music spanning more than two decades. Best known for being the producer...
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Competition: The Grandmaster Flash Collection
Legendary DJ and founding father of hip-hop Grandmaster Flash has put together a definitive collection of hip-hop classics from the last 35 years, entitled ‘The Grandmaster Flash Collection’, which...
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WhoSampled x Wax Poetics: Notorious BIG ‘Ready to Die’ 20th Anniversary Mixtape
This Saturday (13th September) marks the 20th Anniversary of the release of one of hip hop’s all time classic albums, The Notorious BIG‘s seminal Bad Boy Records debut LP ‘Ready to Die’. In...
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D’Angelo: Sample Retrospective Top 5
14 years have passed since D’Angelo dropped his sophomore masterpiece ‘Voodoo’, the critically acclaimed follow up to 1996’s ‘Brown Sugar’. With the exception of occasional features (see...
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Aphex Twin’s Unreleased Soundcloud Dump
For a man who seems to have perfected the art of teasing his fanbase, it’s somewhat incredible that it has taken this long for Richard D. James to join Soundcloud. Over the past couple of weeks, Aphex...
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Celebrate George Clinton’s Birthday with a Playlist of his Most Sampled Tracks
Today, being friend of the site George Clinton‘s 74th birthday, we’re celebrating the occasion with a pair of playlists: The first contains the Top 10 most sampled tracks from one of the most sampled...
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N.W.A ‘100 Miles & Runnin’ 25th Anniversary: Samples Playlist
Today marks the 25th Anniversary of the release of N.W.A‘s ‘100 Miles and Runnin’ EP. The 5 track EP was the group’s first release following the acrimonious split from former group member Ice Cube who...
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The Game ‘Documentary 2’ / ‘Documentary 2.5’ [Samples Playlists]
October 9th saw the release of The Game‘s long awaited ‘Documentary 2’, a sequel to 2005’s largely Dre produced ‘The Documentary‘. In a year that has seen Compton back on the map thanks to Kendrick,...
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Sample Based Music On Track For Grammy Wins
Nominations for the 58th Grammy awards have been announced and it’s looking like sample based music is set to clean up once again. Nominated in the coveted ‘Record of the Year’ category are D’Angelo’s...
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The Top 10 Most Popular Samples of 2015
2015 has been another incredible year for sample based music with the return of some legends (Dr. Dre & D’Angelo both delivered the comeback albums we thought we might never see), some eagerly...
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Top 10 Samples of 2015: Staff Picks
Following on from our recent rundown of the year’s most popular samples of 2015 (as selected by visitors to the site), we thought we should also highlight some of our personal favorite tracks and...
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In Memory of Leon Haywood: His Influence in Playlists
We were sorry to learn of the death of much sampled Leon Haywood earlier this week, aged 74. Haywood’s recording career of around 20 years spanning the 60s, 70s and 80s included stints playing with...
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