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Hip hop has never had much time for soul music from the early sixties. If you looked in the crates of a hip hop producer, youd think that R&B started in 1966. With a few notable exceptions, Papas Got a Brand New Bag? springs to mind, no classic hip hop breaks came from the first half of the decade.

Slick Rick is an exception, but then he almost always is. “Mona Lisa” interpolates a snippet of Dionne Warwick’s 1964 number “Walk on By.” It’s the tell-off that ends the song, the…

If you’re at all interested in sampling, or if you’re curious about this fascinating and controversial musical genre, these 18 albums, around 200 tracks and extra bonus links should provide plenty of inspiration!

“Phantom Aint Easy” - Justice vs. David Bowie “Boy Bombs” - Beck vs. M.I.A. “Should I Stay Or Should I Wait For The Man?” - The Clash vs. The Velvet Underground Party Ben is one of the most recognizable…

‘Never trust a big butt and smile.’ Has there ever been a statement so true? And this coming from three dudes that sang ‘Mr. Telephone Man.’?
“Im always understanding of those who discover a classic artist late into the artists career, and this song welcomed a whole new generation to Alices nightmare.”

Will: In 1989, Alice Cooper was coming off a pretty rough period of his career, at least as far as his popularity was concerned. If it wasnt for the moderate success of his theme song for Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives, Hes Back…

6 tracks from the upcoming Metallica album fully listened to and reviewed by classic Metal magazine Metalhammer. Initial impressions is that this is an album thats going to get our blood chugging, but whether its all we hoped for is going to take more plays to answer. Ultimately were hugely relieved and pretty damn thrilled…

Metallica - First Listen and Reports Of the New Album

Last.fm announced today that for at least one of its affiliates, CD and digital music sales increased by 119 percent after its free, ad-supported music streaming service launched a couple of months ago. If the trend sticks, we may see more full-track previews coming our way from other services.

"In just over two months it's become clear that people will buy CDs and downloads if they get access to the kind of service we offer," said Last.fm co-founder Martin Stiksel in a statement. Stiksel went on to tout…

From 2008’s High Stakes Action Adventure, Debuting the New Track From the Grammy-Nominated LCD Soundsystem & A New Remix of the Rolling Stones Classic ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want,’ From Soulwax

Columbia Pictures’ action/adventure 21 is inspired by the true story of the very brightest young minds in the country — and how they took Vegas for millions. Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) is a shy, brilliant M.I.T. student who…

This short tutorial describes how to record audio tracks and then mix them all down using Qtractor — an Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application for Linux. It allows us to record soundtracks, add MIDI files, arrange, mix music and adjust the volumes, effects, and clean up the sound.

Step 7. Add some LADSPA effect plugins. Open the mixer window (View ->Mixer), then right-click empty field below the name of chosen track. Choose Add Plugin from the context menu. Then select the desired LADSPA effect. A plugin interface will…