Some samples breathe new life into forgotten classics, while others recontextualize a song's place in contemporary music more ...

Sampling has quietly reshaped music over the past five decades. A snare hit here, a vocal yelp there, maybe a drum loop that ...

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A History of Hip Hop Sampling with John Morrison and Josh Leidy is 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 at Monmouth University in West Long ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kendrick Lamar has consistently been known as one of the world’s most prominent storytellers and a rooted artist in hip-hop’s ...

Kanye West never received publishing money from "Through The Wire" despite writing and producing the hit due to sample clearance disputes.

Hip hop was the most downloaded genre on sample library Splice in 2025, for the third year in a row. The findings were ...

On Feb. 14, 2024, Bob Marley: One Love hit theaters for all to see. Produced by his wife, Rita Marley, and his children Ziggy and Cedella Marley, the biopic embarks on an unfiltered journey into the ...

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Southern hip-hop’s influence continues shaping modern music through strategic sampling, with artists like Future, GloRilla and Sexyy Red drawing from classic Southern tracks. Recently, Juicy J noted ...

Les McCann, a jazz titan best known for his performance with musical partner Eddie Harris of the protest song "Compared to What," has died at age 88, his manager said Sunday. Cause and manner of death ...

With much success under her belt, Texas’ own Erica Banks continues to make waves. Erica Banks has certainly been busy from releasing back-to-back fan-favorite records to releasing her debut album ...