Mini-documentary on 'sampling' circa 1988

Broadcast on Australian television circa 1988 when sampling was new and controversial.
Is it art or stealing?
Debbie Gibson, Tom Petty and Richard Wilkins' hair know best.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• sampling
• old
• school
• hip
• hop
• breakbeats
• funk
• coldcut
• de
• la
• soul
• turtles
• richard
• wilkins
• eric
• rakim
• ofra
• haza
• xtc
• james
• brown
• prince
• paul
• jazzy
• jeff
• van
• halen
• tone
• loc
• beastie
• boys
• debbie
• gibson
• ice-t
• kool
• moe
• dee
• tom
• petty
• lou
• reed
• steve
• winwood
• russell
• simmons
• ll
• cool
• hall
• oates
• tommy
• boy
• records

[2xUeL]

asshole had to get his ignorant opinion in right at the end there

[mostessential1]

People have been straight up stealing Black Music since the beginning.Never paid the original artists for stealing the lyrics,music and dances! No one owns sound. Led Zepplin even stole what is considered one of the greatest Rock Songs Ever, "Stairway To Heaven"; LOOK UP SPIRIT-"TAURUS". Innovative Sampling is a beautiful Art, see DJ PREMIER! Learn his samples and you will be amazed at what he digs up!!!!!

[2xUeL]

@MrKookies1234567 Sorry mate but I disagree...I'm gonna sample something without permission...I don't sell my stuff but if did I agree the artist should be compensated...but the law in no way whatsoever expresses the spirit of hip hop music

[MrKookies1234567]

@2xUeL his opinion is just and defines the current legalities of sampling so ....

[JayArgonaut]

@drumatic Exactly and Prince Paul summed it up perfectly on Steta's "Talkin' All That Jazz".

[duncantoms]

Stealing = when the owner is dispossessed of what they owned. Sampling therefore is not stealing as nothing is taken

[drumatic]

These artists had no clue what sampling was ... This lawyer is a jack! All lawyers are annoying! Washed up artists were resurrected by hip hop djs/producers

[cordovastyle3]

let music live

[MrHb420]

@boombap28 i have a mpc and it took me a couple of hours to get use to it and about a week and i didn't need the manuap anymore, no way would i be able to learn any instrument other then a cowbell in a week lol. as much as i love sampled beats you can't compare the two by saying it takes as long to learn each other

[isarris]

de la soul's 3ft high and rising didnt come out til 89' im not sure this is from 1988..

[ericwhite2012]

"...'Cause you go to a lot of trouble to make records. Ya know. I'd be like taking bits of somebody's painting and putting 'em into yours or something, ya know. Or a book, like lift a chapter of, ya know, Moby Dick and put it on your asshole, right? It was only... it was only for paragraphs!" -Tom Petty :) Haha. <3

[Radio1Ruckus]

Dope info!!!!