The 10 most-used samples in hip hop history
Hip hop and sampling go hand in hand, with many of the genre’s most iconic…
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Five samples that defined DJ Shadow’s ‘Entroducing…..’
DJ Shadow’s Entroducing….., which was released on 16 September 1996 (25 years ago today) is…
Sampling the robots… A playlist of 25 tracks that ‘borrow’ from Kraftwerk’s Trans-Europe Express
Released in 1977, Kraftwerk’s Trans-Europe Express saw the self-styled robots come of age – moving away…
“This is a journey into sound…” The sample that made hip hop history
Released in October 1987, Eric B & Rakim’s Paid in Full was arguably the hip…
A fresh-faced Fatboy Slim discuses the ‘politics of sampling’… [1989]
One year on from quitting The Housemartins and before he formed Beats International, Norman Cook,…