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philip ewell

Black music theorist Philip Ewell calls out racism in music theory

August 15, 2020• Music

Philip Ewell spoke out against racism in a 2019 paper and found himself on the other end of it when...

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The Black Music History Library

The Black Music History Library

August 14, 2020• Music

Get educated with The Black Music History Library, curated by Puerto Rican-Dominican writer Jenzia...

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Magical Mystery Mix - 80s Japanese Fusion Summer Mix Vol.3

Magical Mystery Mix – 80s Japanese Fusion Summer Mix Vol.3

August 11, 2020• Mixes

Magical Mystery Mix are back again, this time with Vol. 3 of their Japanese Fusion Summer Mix...

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James Brown - Get Involved & Soul Power (Live in 1972)

James Brown – Get Involved & Soul Power (Live in 1972)

August 11, 2020• Funk

James Brown's live performance of Get Involved & Soul Power in 1972 was awesome and Black AF....

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kaewunn - PULSES [ bump l l ]

kaewunn – PULSES [ bump l l ]

August 9, 2020• Instrumental Hip Hop

This is PULSES bump l l , the 2019 sequel to UK producer kaewunn's debut, PULSES bump l ....

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Thundercat's Favourite Bass Lines

Thundercat’s Favourite Bass Lines

August 9, 2020• Music

Bass icon Thundercat broke down his favourite bass lines for Pitchfork including D'Angelo's Lady...

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J Dilla

Dilla Data Is A Dilla Treasure Trove

August 8, 2020• Sampling

4 NYU students created a site called Dilla Data that collected information on J Dilla's samples....

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Records and headphones

Does Music Have A Sampling Problem?

August 5, 2020• Sampling

Music may have a sampling problem but what are the solutions? Landr has a few and outlined them in...

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The Bank of Jamaica's reggae celebration (feat. Tarrus Riley)

The Bank of Jamaica’s reggae celebration (feat. Tarrus Riley)

July 27, 2020• Reggae

The Bank of Jamaica celebrated an economic improvement with a reggae video about inflation starring...

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You wouldn't steal a sample

How Music Sampling is Different from Stealing

July 26, 2020• Sampling

Sampling is a creative tool for music composition. But is it really theft? Dr. E. Michael...

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J Dilla

Dilla Data Is A Dilla Treasure Trove

August 8, 2020• Sampling

4 NYU students created a site called Dilla Data that collected information on J Dilla's samples....

Read More →
Records and headphones

Does Music Have A Sampling Problem?

August 5, 2020• Sampling

Music may have a sampling problem but what are the solutions? Landr has a few and outlined them in...

Read More →
You wouldn't steal a sample

How Music Sampling is Different from Stealing

July 26, 2020• Sampling

Sampling is a creative tool for music composition. But is it really theft? Dr. E. Michael...

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Citizen DJ: the Library of Congress's hip hop sampling tool

Citizen DJ: the Library of Congress’s hip hop sampling tool

May 10, 2020• Sampling

The Library of Congress will launch its open-source sampling tool in the summer for users to try...

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People following each other off a cliff as a representation of conformity bias.

Music sampling used to study cultural conformity bias

May 9, 2020• Sampling

A psychologist at City University of New York used samples on commercial releases to study cultural...

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DJ Dahi for NPR

DJ Dahi Talks About Sampling for NPR’s ‘The Formula’ Series

April 18, 2020• Sampling

DJ Dahi discusses his three pillars of sampling and how he flipped samples for the likes of Pusha T...

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