Pop Music Samples
This song of the summer by our new favorite short queen kept us up all night, but the groovy guitars actually came from a loop pack
What is Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter?
This producer’s tag is taken from the video of a panicked man on the subway trying to alert the driver. He has worked closely with Griselda Records, namely Westside Gunn
Who is Conductor Williams?
This Kendrick Lamar diss track to Drake uses a Monk Higgins horn sample and won 5 Grammy’s this past February
What is Not Like Us?
This word is often used to refer to the action of slicing a song to get short snippets that you want
What is chopping?
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What is "Nice for What" by Drake?
Sting’s “Shape of my Heart” was sampled without clearance on this song by a late rapper who reportedly had to give 85% of the royalties to this day to Sting
What is Lucid Dreams by Juice WRLD?
This legendary producer has a name similar to a children’s fill in the blank game and has worked with the likes of MF DOOM, Freddie Gibbs, and J Dilla
Who is Madlib?
Metro Boomin samples “Everlasting Bass” by Rodney O and Joe Cooley and Kendrick Lamar kicked off the biggest rap beef in recent memory with his verse on this hit with Future
What is Like That?
Rappers often reuse iconic lines or flows from legends, which is an example of this type of sampling
What is interpolation/interpolating?
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What is "My Name Is..." by Eminem?
After a long legal battle, Ed Sheeran had to give TLC songwriting credits on this smash hit for sampling their song “No Scrubs”
What is Shape of You?
This producer has one of the most iconic tags in the game, defining the opening of “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1” by Kanye West off “The Life of Pablo”
Who is Metro Boomin?
“Conclusions” by The Grodeck Whipperjenny was the backing track of one of the three beats on this Drake diss track where he claims one of Kendrick’s children isn’t his
What is Family Matters?
Changing the frequencies that are the loudest in a sample can be referred to by either of these two words
What is equalizing or filtering?
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What is "It Was a Good Day" by Ice Cube?
Gotye made a ginormous hit and left, making him just somebody that we used to know, but his song was inspiration for Doechii on this 2020 song blowing up now
What is Anxiety?
This producer, whose name is the same as one of the most famous books of all time, is often referred to with a name that is equivalent to the brother of one of your parents
Who is The Alchemist (Uncle Al)?
2Pac samples a song featuring the Notorious B.I.G. in response to Biggie’s diss track “Who Shot Ya?” on this iconic diss track
What is Hit 'Em Up?
The short drum break performed by Gregory C. Coleman from this song is the most sampled song in the world
What is "Amen, Brother" by The Winstons?
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What is "Ms. Fat Booty" by Mos Def or "Surround Sound" by JID?
“Maria Maria” by this legendary guitarist was sampled by DJ Khaled to make his hit song with Rihanna and Bryson Tiller “Wild Thoughts”
Who is Carlos Santana?
Provide the real full name of one of the members of Daft Punk
Who are Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo?
Pusha T uses an incredibly intricate Nina Simone sample from Jay-Z’s “The Story of O.J.” on this diss track to Drake where he revealed to the world that he was hiding a son named Adonis
What is The Story of Adidon?
The album “Endtroducing.....” by this artist was the first album to be constructed entirely using samples
Who is DJ Shadow?
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What is "Toxic" by Britney Spears?