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WhoSampled is 3 Years Old!
It’s already three years since we launched WhoSampled, and what an intense ride it’s been! Our community has been growing quickly, gathering sample spotters, cover freaks and remix fiends everywhere. The database has doubled in size over the past year, zooming past the 100,000 songs mark, and now lists nearly 60,000 samples and 35,000 covers by [...]
Watch the Throne: The Samples
Yes, it’s finally here. ‘Watch the Throne’, the hotly anticipated new album from hip-hop heavyweights Kanye West and Jay-Z, is released today. Working with an impressive list of top producers, Kanye and Jay made sure they work on the album together in the same room as they recorded it in various locations around the world. The [...]
WOW! The WhoSampled Database Crosses 100,000 Songs!
Music DNA Brain of the Universe by My Doodle a Day We’re extremely pleased to announce that the WhoSampled database has crossed the 100,000 songs mark! This incredible accomplishment is the result of a huge collective effort of nearly 4,500 contributors and more than 100 moderators (past and present) over the last two and a [...]
R.I.P. Gil Scott-Heron, a Trailblazing American Poet
Gil Scott-Heron, the influential American poet and musician who greatly contributed to the formation of rap music, has passed away on Friday, aged 62. While soul and funk musicians such as James Brown and George Clinton are often credited with having the greatest influence on the music in hip-hop, there’s no doubt that one of [...]
Top 10 Bollywood Samples
India’s Hindi language film industry, also known as Bollywood, is arguably the world’s largest film production centre. Bollywood films are famed for their spectacular mix of dance, flamboyant sets and costumes, and most notably the unique music that combines Indian orchestral instrumentation with (typically) high-pitched female singing. Behind these extravagant soundtracks often lies truly magnificent [...]
Interview with DJ Ready Red of the Geto Boys
Collins Leysath, aka DJ Ready Red, was the producer of legendary rap group the Geto Boys. Red has produced the majority of tracks on the group’s iconic and controversial second and third albums, Grip It! On That Other Level and The Geto Boys. His productions had a raw, hard-hitting, sample-heavy sound that was forward-thinking at the time and [...]
The WhoSampled Forums are Now Open!
We’re happy to announce that we’ve just launched a new forums section on the site. Since launch, the site has seen some healthy discussions and debate on the comments sections of its sample, remix, cover and artist pages, but we felt a growing need for a place where members of our community can hold general [...]
