Tag: whosampled
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RIP Vaugh Mason and Bill Withers
Two pioneers have recently died – the first many probably won’t know by name but they definitely know the sample – Vaughn Mason of Bounce, Rock. Skate, Roll fame as sampled by Daft Punk many times, The Avalanches, De La Soul, Digital Underground, Kurtis Blow and just about EVERYONE – see the Whosampled list of…
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Working In a Coalmine – RIP Allen Toussaint
Meant to post this yesterday, sad to hear the death of Allen Toussaint, whose history from The Meters, Glen Campbell’s best moment ‘Southern Nights’ to the infamous Lee Dorsey track ‘Working In A Coalmine’ pervades music history until today. Hip-hop as Questlove pointed out would be a lot poorer without ‘Get Out Of My Life…
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Integrity and liability, or samplers shouldn’t throw stones
Mentioned this before on Twitter and Facebook, but I’ve been ignoring the sample litigation over here which really is the home of such discussions (for me anyway). This article on PolicyMic about the recent Beasties win made me kind of annoyed. Really not sure the Beasties suing people for millions of dollars is the epitome…
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Tonto Get On It: Incredible Bongo Band 40th Anniversary Mixtape
In honour of the 40th anniversary of ‘Bongo Rock’ and the re-release of the two Incredible Bongo Band there’s this great mix from WhoSampled by Chris Read. It’s a megamix of all the tracks that sampled Incredible Bongo Band, from Pipeline and Inna Gadda Da Vida to of course the evergreen classic, Apache. (via Ian…
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Eclectic Method – History of Sampling
Not sure about how Revolution No. 9 has the Amen break (err, no), but here’s a good primer from Eclectic Method on the early history of sample culture – although as the excellent WhoSampled points out, some of these have been sampled by hundreds of artists with the most sampled not being featured here –…
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Alan Hawkshaw and Les Hurdle on The Champ
You might not know the names, but you certainly know the tune…apparently the most sampled UK track of all time, Mohawks ‘The Champ’ is a real hiphop staple…and amazingly was recorded in ONE TAKE. Respect. Also Alan wrote the Grange Hill theme and Les did that amazing bass line on it…Alan did a lot of…