USA Today on recent Billboard chart hits that use samples
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Tag: Kanye West
Ranking Knxwledge's Albums From Worst To Best
We’ve put Knxwledge’s albums in order from wackest to dopest.
It's Crit-ical: Why Questioning Your Fave Doesn't Make You A Bad Fan
Your fave may “never” but it helps to be critical of them. Here’s why.
Sampleface Five: Marvin Gaye Samples
Blurred Lines might be the most popular and controversial Marvin Gaye sampled-track but there have been plenty more. We picked five.
7 Music Biopics You'll Never See
With Miles Davis being the latest musician to have a biopic made about him, we choose 7 music biopics Hollywood probably won’t make. We’re in the era of the music biopic. In the past couple of decades, we’ve had the likes of Ray, Walk The Line, Notorious, Gainsbourg, I’m Not There, amongst many others to …
VIDEO: Busta Rhymes - Thank You Feat. Q-Tip, Kanye West & Lil Wayne
Busta Rhymes is joined by Q-Tip, Kanye, Lil Wayne and some hip hop honeys in the video for Thank You. I’m rarely a fan of hip hop videos with copious amounts of alcohol, money, jewellery and Lil Wayne features but I can give this a pass for a few reasons. For a start, Busta Rhymes …
VIDEO: Exile vs. Kanye - I Am A God
Not too keen on Yeezus? Maybe you’ll enjoy Exile’s live MPC flip of I Am A God. We did. We can always count on Exile to serve up something hot on his MPC, especially when it’s live. So when we heard he did a live remake of Kanye’s I Am A God on his trust …
FREE DOWNLOAD: Kanye West - Bound 2 (Beat Gates Instrumental Flip)
If you thought Bound 2 was good, you should hear what our very own Beat Gates has done with it. And it’s free to download. Bound 2 is one of the standout tracks from Yeezus and has even been mentioned alongside the infamous phrase “old Kanye“. For some, it might just be a loop but …
Herbie Hancock Talks About Kanye, Buddhism And Improvisation
In an interview with VueWeekly.com, Herbie Hancock talks about his thoughts on Kanye West, his Buddhist beliefs and how he approaches musical improvisation.
Review: Kanye West - Yeezus
Apparently, Kanye West’s Yeezus is less Louis Vuitton Don and more Don Quixote… minus the whole chivalrous revival bit, of course. Sampleface is on the case and The Auracle is at the helm to discover what’s what.