Sampling has quietly reshaped music over the past five decades. A snare hit here, a vocal yelp there, maybe a drum loop that ...

Sampling has been a part of music for ages, but the 1990s marked a significant era for it in both Hip Hop and R&B. Producers like Dr. Dre, DJ Premier and J Dilla gained widespread recognition for ...

The German-born electronic quartet Kraftwerk is one of the most influential groups of its kind. For proof of that, music fans need not look any further than some of the biggest acts of modern times ...

These three one-hit wonders sampled pretty famous songs. And the artists who made them (more or less) got away with it. However, one of these samples is almost 300 years old, so we’re not exactly ...

In recent years, Kid Rock’s commentary has garnered more headlines than his music. However, one Kid Rock song will forever be a weird footnote in the history of classic rock. The song in question ...

When people think of classical music, things such as concert halls, theaters, or 18th-century lore come to mind. However, this genre, perfected by the likes of Beethoven and Mozart, has inspired ...