Blurb from WhoSampled: “This Weekend (14th May 2016) marks the 25th Anniversary of the release of De La Soul‘s classic sophomore album ‘De La Soul is Dead’. Following in the footsteps of 1989’s sample heavy ‘3 Feet High and Rising’, the album once again delves into unconventional and varied sample[…]
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In November 2015 WhoSampled invited 20 producers to London’s world famous Metropolis Studios, giving them exclusive access to pre-cleared sample material from the Bruton Music catalog, a label of Universal Production Music. The challenge: to produce a new track using the provided material against the clock, with the supervision and[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “WhoSampled has partnered up with The GRAMMYs to present a series of infographics that dig deeper into the music of past award winners. The latest in the series celebrates the work of eight time GRAMMY award winner Rick Rubin. With a career spanning several decades and multiple[…]
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Text via WhoSampled: “Converse Rubber Tracks is a collection of community-based recording studios around the world offering free studio time to musicians. An extension of that project, Converse Rubber Tracks Sample Library is an ever-growing collection of high quality, free to use samples recorded at the Rubber Tracks studios. The library is[…]
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Thank you Mixcloud for including WhoSampled in the Beats & Bass Top 10 of 2015. Have to say I’m slightly confused by our inclusion in that category, given the nature of most of our content, but happy to have scraped into the Top 10 nonetheless. Read the rundown here.
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Happy New Year! Just a quick one to take a look back on 2015, say thanks to everyone who helped along the way and lift the lid on a couple of things for 2016. Biggest achievement for the year was to release my second album ‘All Night’ for BBE Records.[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “This Weekend (4th December 2015) marked the 25th Anniversary of the release of Brand Nubian‘s classic debut album ‘One for All’. Notable for its use of unconventional sample material (see use of Edie Brickell’s ‘What I Am’ on the smash single ‘Slow Down’), this landmark release of[…]
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I’m looking forward to being a judge and mentor at ‘Samplethon 2015’ this Saturday at Metropolis Studios alongside Roni Size, Breakage, Ollie Teeba (The Herbaliser) and Jonny Cuba (Soundsci). WhoSampled are hosting a competition to win tickets to the judging session and after party drinks. To enter click here. More[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “This Saturday (14th November 2015) marked the 20th Anniversary of the release of The Pharcyde‘s seminal sophomore album ‘Labcabincalifornia’. Produced in part by the late great Jay Dee together with various members of the group and guest producers including Diamond D, it’s a timeless long player that[…]
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On Saturday 28th November 2015, WhoSampled is hosting the second edition of its ‘Samplethon‘ series at London’s world famous Metropolis Studios. This year WhoSampled is partnering with famed library label Bruton Music, offering producers the opportunity to sample this rare and sought after material. They’re looking for 20 talented producers[…]
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