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‘Copyright Criminals’ Doc Examines Sampling in Hip-Hop
‘Copyright Criminals’ Doc Examines Sampling in Hip-Hop
‘Copyright Criminals’ Doc Examines Sampling in Hip-Hop
As hip-hop grew into a legitimate genre that sold millions of albums, a battle developed between producers sampling old records and copyright holders that tried to stop the flow of music. A documentary film entitled 'Copyright Criminals' explores this clash between sampling and the law...
Ras Kass Samples Mel Gibson Rants in New NSFW Track
Ras Kass Samples Mel Gibson Rants in New NSFW Track
Ras Kass Samples Mel Gibson Rants in New NSFW Track
One of the perks of hip-hop is that culture provides near instant responses to some of the biggest viral news stories -- think back to Cam'ron's 'Amber Lamps' that sampled the still-hilarious AC Bus Fight clip. So, when Mel Gibson's recent racist and sexist rants hit the 'Net earlier this month, it was clearly prime sampling material for someone to step to the mic and make a big splash... Read Mo
Name That Tune: Songs Notorious for Their Use of Sampling
Once controversial, the practice of sampling is now generally regarded as a viable artistic method of production and a mostly legitimate commercial endeavor. Good public reception of a sample-use often depends on a combination of factors including what is sampled, who is sampled, and how that sample is used to create something new...