Samples
Celebrate the (Potential) Return of The Avalanches with This Short Film About the Making of Their Classic Album
While you wait for that elusive second album, why not see how the first was made?
Gene Brown Is the Guy Who Finds the Rare Samples for All Your Favorite Hip-Hop Songs
Questlove, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, Just Blaze, and DJ Premier are just some of the legendary names who have turned to Gene Brown for sampling fodder.
The A-Z Guide to Every Song Sampled on Kanye West's 'The Life Of Pablo'
The rapper's highly-anticipated seventh album features everyone from Arthur Russell to Yoko Shimomura.
Arthur Russell, Kanye West and the Restless Creative Genius
Like Kanye, disco auteur Russell was known for obsessively re-mixing the same track hundreds of times
The Ten Best Samples in the History of House Music
From Black Box to Studio Barnhus, we take a look at how pretty much every house record you love is built around a sample or two.
Let’s Meditate on How Drake’s Obsession with 'The OC' Drove Him to Sampling it on "Energy"
The piano sample in "Energy" is the soundtrack to Marissa shooting Trey at the end of season two. But what if the entire song is based on that episode?
How To Piece Together an Album From 10,000 Different Samples
'Indians & Cowboys' is stitched together from bits of music from 75 different countries.
ISS Is A Two Man Sleeper Cell of Hardcore Punk Built on Samples
The North Carolina band featuring members of Whatever Brains and Brain F# create songs using samples from their punk rock record collection.
This Guy Attacked a 78-Year-Old Man in a Costco Over a Sample of Nutella
The 24-year-old is being charged after assaulting an elderly man who expressed concern that he was hoarding too many Nutella waffle samples.
Listen to Kill Them With Colour’s Musical Amphetamine “Get High”
It's music that occupies his brain's right side.
Kuwait Anti-Terror Program Prepares to Harvest the DNA of Citizens and Foreigners
The unprecedented plan to collect DNA samples from everyone living in Kuwait has rankled privacy advocates and raised human rights concerns.