If there's one thing about Drake that every hip-hop fan should should know, it's that the Canadian superstar is a student of the game. Growing up influenced by the rap culture and its artists, Drizzy ...

We offer up a goldmine of beats, loops, one-shots and multi-samples inspired by hip-hop's heyday, complete with vinyl crackle ...

The Sprite Living Tracklist is a collection of 50 songs that have influenced hip-hop and pop culture since the genre’s inception. It’s not meant to be a definitive best-of list, but rather a ...

Here you can find links to all of our entries, which feature collections of loops, hits and multisamples in a wide range of genres. The great news is that you won't have to pay a penny to download any ...

Influence isn't always about who came first. It's about whose fingerprints still show up everywhere. These 25 artists helped shape the sound of modern music as we know it. Since the last one blew up, ...

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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 ...

House music being celebrated in new songs from big-time acts like Drake and Beyoncé has turned into a huge conversation as of late, but the fast-paced, drum and hi-hat-riddled genre has always had a ...

Sampling has been part of the genre since the beginning. The rapper Busta Rhymes names the songs that artists keep turning to. By Mitchell Kuga Roy Hammond, the lead singer of the Honey Drippers.

Breaks With Tradition is a new Stereogum column that examines a certain song that’s been frequently sampled and how that song has been used through the years. For this second edition of Breaks With ...

The US Library of Congress has unveiled Citizen DJ, a digital tool that allows you to remix sounds from its massive collection of film, television, video and sound recordings. It was created by ...