The Cheat Sheet

Beyoncé’s ‘Break My Soul’ Samples a Classic ’90s House Song

Beyoncé released her seminal visual album Lemonade in 2016, and has continued to release music since then, including her collaborative album with Jay-Z, Everything Is Love, and her album The Lion King ...
Okayplayer

Here’s How De La Soul Cleared The Samples For Their Classic Catalog’s Streaming Debut

The 41-year-old NBA superstar heads back to the Eastern Conference after an 8-year stint with the Los Angeles Lakers. Finally, in January of this year, fans got the long-awaited news. De La Soul’s ...

The Masterclass | How Kanye West turned soul samples into cinematic storytelling

Kanye West reshaped Hip Hop production through soul, gospel and R&B samples that became cinematic rap records. Revisit 10 of the best here.
MusicRadar

"He came and said, 'Are you going to pay me for that sample?' We said 'Oh, we already paid you', and he went ‘No – you paid somebody else'": Fatboy Slim on The Rockafeller ...

Norman Cook – the artist better known as Fatboy Slim – is one of musical history's most gifted samplists: his influential '90s releases bridged underground club culture and mainstream pop music ...