Sampling has become a huge part of music production. However, you must choose a sample that matches other aspects of your song. Sampling has become one of the most influential strategies in modern ...

This article was originally published on www.mentalfloss.com as 12 Famous Songs That Sampled Unexpected Sources.

When hip-hop first started in 1973 at a party thrown by Clive Campbell, also known as DJ Kool Herc, it might have sounded different from the hip-hop we know today, but much of the groundwork has ...

Have you ever been listening to a song and suddenly recognized a bit of another song? In music, the use of songs and sounds to create a new song is called sampling. Sometimes you can easily tell which ...