Eminem‘s “Houdini” samples one of the big hits of the 1980s. Unfortunately, the song in question is terrible. Regardless, Eminem’s decision to sample a certain song made one classic rocker very happy.

The art of sampling has been with us for four decades now. In that time, it has been used to a greater or lesser effect to lift iconic or rare snippets of sounds from countless older recordings to ...

Sampling originated from DJ Kool Herc's Merry-Go-Round technique. Over time, the technique evolved and has created hip-hop songs with ties that go back decades. The legal battles with clearing samples ...

Samples are a dime a dozen in the modern music landscape. The now-common practice found its roots in the invention of the Fairlight CMI synthesizer in 1979 and the Akai MPC workstation nearly a decade ...

Oscars: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ “Golden” lands Original Song shortlist with 'Train Dreams' and double-threats ‘Sinners’ and ...

While there have been modernizations, YouTube’s music streaming service has remained functionally and visually the same since its launch. YouTube Music is now getting its biggest shakeup in years with ...

The Oscars have unveiled the shortlist of names moving forward to potentially compete for Best Original Song and Best Original Score in 2026.

I assume the song “I Lied to You” from Sinners is gonna be a major contender and having just come out of my first viewing of the film all I can ask is they’d get to perform the entirity of the song on ...

In hindsight, this was inevitable: YouTube Music is testing a “Samples” tab that looks to show music video-focused Shorts. For the past several years, YouTube Music’s bottom bar on Android and iOS has ...