Sampling has been a cornerstone of hip-hop since its inception, with producers repurposing existing music to create entirely ...

Hear where moments of Kraftwerk, Enya, Herb Alpert and more ended up in producers’ deft hands. By Lindsay Zoladz Today’s playlist is a celebration of a tried-and-true method of discovering new-to-you ...

Samples continue to be a huge part of our current music culture. Some of the biggest artists in the world have used them to create incredible hit records that have gone on to become classics in their ...

Ever since technology took over the music industry, artists have been sampling from other artists nonstop. Folks have contrasting views about this phenomenon, as some view it as unoriginal and lazy, ...

In 2023, YouTube Music rolled out the “Samples” feed as a “personalized music discovery feature,” and it’s now accessible from artist pages. Samples, which is the app’s second tab, shows a “feed of ...

The streaming giant beat out Paramount and Comcast after a unanimous board vote. 1 day ago Cardi released her 2025 update, “Imaginary Playerz,” last Friday, and it quickly sparked conversation. Some ...

Spotify has acquired the community-run database tracking sampled music, WhoSampled, the company announced Wednesday. The streaming service had also shared the news as part of its Wednesday blog post ...

Machine Gun Kelly has a new album coming out this Friday. It's called lost americana, and he announced the record by pestering Bob Dylan to narrate a trailer for it. It sounds like that's not the only ...