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How to make a lo-fi beat with AI
Using Selector—the world’s first AI sample recommendation tool—you can create beats with ease.
9th Wonder talks about DUCKWORTH. for NPR’s ‘The Formula’
In this video, 9th Wonder spoke about DUCKWORTH. and the samples he used.
Mos Def – Black On Both Sides (Sample Set)
VinRican played some of the classic samples from Mos Def’s Black On Both Sides. Stream it here.
Samples from Quasimoto’s The Unseen
Bask in the smokey haze of jazz and soul samples from Quasimoto’s debut classic, The Unseen.
Ethical issues and dilemmas of ‘loop digging’
What are the ethical implications of sampling? A PhD student has written a paper on it from the perspective of ‘loop digging’.
Sampling Inspiration: Radiooooo
Discover music from around the world and back in time with Radiooooo, the shiny new tool in our sampling toolbox.
Sampleface Five: Blade Runner Samples
From Ryuichi Sakamoto to Tricky, here are 5 tracks that used Blade Runner samples.
Grey Tuesday, copyrights, and creative freedom
In February 2004, an event known as Grey Tuesday took place in protest against musical censorship. This is what happened and what we can learn from it.
Dilla Data Is A Dilla Treasure Trove
4 NYU students created a site called Dilla Data that collected information on J Dilla’s samples. Check it out.
Does Music Have A Sampling Problem?
Music may have a sampling problem but what are the solutions? Landr has a few and outlined them in their latest blog post.
How Music Sampling is Different from Stealing
Sampling is a creative tool for music composition. But is it really theft? Dr. E. Michael Harrington clarified things in a video for Berklee Online.
Citizen DJ: the Library of Congress’s hip hop sampling tool
The Library of Congress will launch its open-source sampling tool in the summer for users to try their hand at the artform.
Music sampling used to study cultural conformity bias
A psychologist at City University of New York used samples on commercial releases to study cultural conformity bias in groups of people.
DJ Dahi Talks About Sampling for NPR’s ‘The Formula’ Series
DJ Dahi discusses his three pillars of sampling and how he flipped samples for the likes of Pusha T and Kendrick Lamar.
Sampleface Five: Thundercat Samples
Thundercat is one of the most creative jazz musicians of the 21st century. We picked 5 samples from his discography.
Lo Dopemine’s Random Music Sample Generator
Randomness is a brilliant catalyst for inspiration. Lo Dopemine’s Random Music Sample Generator is the tool you need to spark ideas.
Oto-tetsu + sampling Japan’s rail service
There’s an underground scene in Japan filled with train sounds and PA systems. Field recordings used in music is nothing new and probably the most primitive form of sound art in history. But there’s a new scene in Japan using a particular type of outdoor sounds. The oto-tetsu scene (from the Japanese words oto meaning …
Cookin Soul samples Street Fighter II on a beat
To celebrate 100,000 YouTube subscribers, Cookin Soul made a beat from the iconic SNES game.
Moby’s Play as “audio blackface”
A compelling article discusses the cultural appropriation of black voices in Moby’s seminal album.