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Lo Dopemine’s Random Music Sample Generator

July 28, 2019• Sampling

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

May 29, 2019• Sampling

There’s an underground scene in Japan filled with train sounds and PA systems. Field recordings used in music is nothing new and...

Cookin Soul samples Street Fighter II on a beat

May 23, 2019• Sampling

To celebrate 100,000 YouTube subscribers, Cookin Soul made a beat from the iconic SNES game. Spanish hip hop producer/DJ Cookin Soul has...

Moby’s Play as “audio blackface”

May 23, 2019• Sampling

A Sampling Essay by Defected

May 12, 2019• Sampling

The lengthy post covers everything from the history of sampling to three European stars of the craft. DJ Nick Gordon Brown wrote a...

RecordRadar turns your e-digging into crate digging

May 3, 2019• Sampling

The web app integrates your Spotify music and finds records near you to buy from Discogs. Whether you’re an e-digger, a crate digger,...

Sampleface Five: Kenny G Samples

April 7, 2019• Sampling

Not obscure but still public domain - headphones on a keyboard

Obscure Artists Made For Hip Hop Samples

March 22, 2019• Sampling

Here’s a selection of obscure artists ripe for sampling. It appears some people weren’t very happy with our guest post on...

Spot-digging – E-digging on Spotify

March 16, 2019• Sampling

The word “spot-digging” has made its way onto Urban Dictionary so it must be a thing, right? We like to do research on topics...

Classic Artists Made For Hip-Hop Samples

March 8, 2019• Sampling

Sample Breakdown: Madvillainy

June 1, 2018• Sampling

For anyone who needed a sample breakdown of one of the greatest hip hop albums of our generation, here you go. Our new logo is obviously...

Are Sample Subscription Services The Future For Indie Musicians?

May 27, 2018• Sampling

Music consumption has changed quite a lot in the past 30 years. The latest metamorphosis reduces songs to samples of their individual...

SAMPLE RECOVERY (Justice’s “Cross”)

May 2, 2018• Sampling

92 Of The Most Sampled Tracks In Music History (Spotify Playlist)

April 28, 2018• Sampling

A Reddit user compiled 92 of the most sampled tracks in music history thanks to WhoSampled’s extensive database. If you love samples...

E-Digging and Crate Digging: A Collection of Posts

October 25, 2017• Sampling

Find resources and inspiration with our e-digging/crate digging article collection. We’ve done the research and deemed it necessary...

Carns Hill, Anime and Samples – A Match Made in Rap Heaven

October 22, 2017• Sampling

Songs That Sample Feminists

October 18, 2017• Sampling

Pitchfork has compiled a list of songs that sample speeches and other audio from feminists. When it comes to sampling speeches, MLK leads...

Every Sample from JAY-Z’s 4:44

July 8, 2017• Sampling

Samples from 4:44 include Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, and The Fugees. For JAY-Z’s first solo album since 2013, much was expected from...

15 More Awesome Places For E-Digging

June 11, 2017• Sampling

The Etymology of Sampling #1

February 23, 2017• Sampling

If you ever wanted to discover the origins of sampling culture terminology, The Etymology of Sampling will help to explain. In this new...

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