On Feb. 14, 2024, Bob Marley: One Love hit theaters for all to see. Produced by his wife, Rita Marley, and his children Ziggy and Cedella Marley, the biopic embarks on an unfiltered journey into the ...
Sampling is a common practice in music, where an artist uses a piece of an older song to create something new. We rounded up 15 popular singles that include prominent samples you may have missed.
Madonna‘s songs were to the 1980s what ABBA’s were to the 1970s — both artists produced lasting, classic dancefloor fillers with impeccable grooves. When Madonna sampled one of ABBA’s best disco ...
Editorial Illustration with Bollywood poster. Bollywood movies are one of India’s most recognizable exports. Extravagant sets, big casts, and dramatic plots are all synonymous with these lavish films, ...
South African 17-year-old Naledi Aphiwe Myongwana received a major life boost and ascension into the music industry after being credited on Chris Brown’s “Shooter” — a song on his latest studio album, ...
These three one-hit wonders sampled pretty famous songs. And the artists who made them (more or less) got away with it. However, one of these samples is almost 300 years old, so we’re not exactly ...
“It always surprised me when other people sampled my music,” Steve Miller once told American Songwriter. Despite the frontman’s shock that other artists, in a wide range of genres, would choose Steve ...
Though the tools associated with sampling have changed over time — yesterday's used-vinyl crate diggers have become today's digital foragers, yanking their source material straight from YouTube — its ...
Beyoncé subtly removed her sample of Kelis’ “Milkshake” from her new song “Energy” after the latter publicly accused her of “theft.” The sampled beat no longer appears on Queen Bey’s “Renaissance” ...