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Kon + Amir's 50 Greatest Hip Hop Samples Of All Time

Crate digging duo Kon + Amir give their lowdown on the 50 greatest hip hop samples of all time to Complex Mag. Complex are synonymous with their “Top X” lists about almost everything but this one really resonated with us, for obvious reasons. Kon + Amir are a pair of crate digging excavators, always on …

by Luke Davis |

Hip Hop

Devils Kazoo Single Series: Volumes 1 and 2

Devils Kazoo pay homage to the days of the 7″ singles with volumes 1 and 2 of their single series. Apologies for sleeping on this; things get quite busy around here. The men behind Devils Kazoo are no strangers to Sampleface as we featured a release from their collective last year. In this Single Series, …

by Luke Davis |

Pop R&B Video

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Janet Jackson Video Megamix

It’s Janet Jackson’s 47th(?!) birthday today so here’s a video megamix of her 1993 album janet. for our Throwback Thursday. Can someone explain to us how Janet Jackson is 47 years old? The American pop icon may or may not be sipping from a secret fountain of youth but regardless, she celebrates her birthday today …

by Luke Davis |

Hip Hop

ESTA - 10,000

Before you ask: no, you haven’t been redirected to a Tumblr feed.  That image is linked to ESTA’s new beat “10,000”… and yes, it’s a damn sight sexier than we’re giving it credit for. For those of you unfamiliar with ESTA, the Californian producer was part of the Pragmatic Theory tape Euphonic Elements, which we …

by Joseph Guthrie |

Electronic Free Download Hip Hop

Deadpoole - Underwater Skies EP

Sampleface favourite Deadpoole is back with his Underwater Skies EP. Don’t let anyone ever tell you the UK can’t come with the goodness when it comes to hip hop. Sure, they aren’t powerhouses like the US but there are enough diamonds in the rough for the UK to compete alongside the French and the Japanese, …

by Luke Davis |