The Cheat Sheet

Beyoncé’s ‘Break My Soul’ Samples a Classic ’90s House Song

Beyoncé released her seminal visual album Lemonade in 2016, and has continued to release music since then, including her collaborative album with Jay-Z, Everything Is Love, and her album The Lion King ...
Okayplayer

Here’s How De La Soul Cleared The Samples For Their Classic Catalog’s Streaming Debut

This week’s new music Friday also features Nicholas Craven & Boldy James, Cam’ron, Big Freedia & SOPHIE and Key Glock. Finally, in January of this year, fans got the long-awaited news. De La Soul’s ...
MusicRadar

"He came and said, 'Are you going to pay me for that sample?' We said 'Oh, we already paid you', and he went ‘No – you paid somebody else'": Fatboy Slim on The Rockafeller ...

Norman Cook – the artist better known as Fatboy Slim – is one of musical history's most gifted samplists: his influential '90s releases bridged underground club culture and mainstream pop music ...