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Over at kevinnottingham.com there is a very nice list of famous hiphop tunes and where they got there sample from. Totally worth checking out as everything is sampled anyway, includes A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, 50 cents and many more. If you can´t find something, Check the Hip-Hop Sample Index!

Allmost a year ago sources claimed to have confirmed: Jay-Z is launching a record label with Apple (mashable.com)

As rumors go, this has not been confirmed up to this day. But back in the day the whole rumor package apparently came from someone high-up in Jay-Z’s organization. It´s still a interesting concept and i wonder if there are any updates on this or similar deals?

Arab Summit- We Need Order. Omar Offendum, N.O.M.A.D.S., Philistines, Ragtop, Excentrik, The Narcicyst, Euphrates, SandhiLL. (via Shadi)

http://www.vimeo.com/5635658
The track is now famous and one of the controversial songs of the year from a man who was there. (via musformation.com)

Music Video For “The One” Directed by Rik Cordero from Slaughterhouse.Featuring members Joell Ortiz, Crooked I, Royce Da 5′9 & Joe Budden.

Black Eyed Peas mainman Will.i.am decided to remix “I Got it From My Momma,” the first single off his just-released solo album, with a big, chunky sample of Daft Punk’s “Around the World,” he must of figured the Frenchies would be honored and more than willing to take the royalty money and run. He was so certain, in fact, that he shot an entire video for the remix, replete with Tron-inspired graphics that look oddly similar to Daft Punk’s own awe-inspiring encore outfits from this summer’s Alive 2007 tour. Apparently though, Will.i.am moved faster than the lawyers, who were forced to deliver the message that Daft Punk doesn’t think their music sounds better with him. Read more at dailyswarm.

I´m very pro sampling, its our way of being creative since the dawn of humanity. I just the last 100 years with the dawn of recorded media that the idea of copyright etc. made an impact. In my opinion though its very crucial to declare the sample source. With no reference to the original sample, there is no music journey to be followed. Shame on you Black Eyed Peas (and the majority of the dance music scene) ! (via dailyswarm)