Sampling beats from existing songs is nothing new in the music industry. While many artistes try their luck, turning a sampled beat into a successful hit isn’t always easy. However, some have managed ...

DJ EXPO 2014: Since the mid 1980s, artists have been sampling breaks and beats from their favourite records, merging the past with modern styles, sounds and technologies to create something new and ...

Gospel singer Gabbie Ntaate, renowned for her hit song Cheza For Yesu, has responded to Mansur Ssemanda, also known as King Saha, who accused her of copying his song Sala Pulesa to create her trending ...

Sampling has been an integral part of hip-hop for decades. It's one of the genre's main foundations. When a producer uses a portion of an already existing song for a new record, the sample turns the ...

The art of beatmaking in the present is a lot more accessible than it has ever been. During the pre-digital age, being able to generate something of high-quality required one to go crate-digging for ...

Last week, we dug deep into the history of breakbeats in music production, looking at how artists and producers in the early days of hip-hop and jungle transformed sampled breaks from vinyl records ...

It's safe to say that I love samples. From a very young age, I have always been fascinated with how such a small snippet can be chopped and developed into something completely new. Now, as an adult, ...

Nothing says hip-hop like Hall & Oates. That's right. Not even the filthy mouths of 2 Live Crew could resist their soft rock hooks, luxurious hair and awkward, ambiguous lyrics. (You can't go for what ...

This article has been handpicked from the Okayplayer editorial archives and included in our Hip Hop 50 collection as a noteworthy inclusion to the genre's rich and diverse narrative. The article has ...