LikewhoIsHe

7mo

Going from rap genius to genius lol

Loser ass move glad it’s failing

rip armani x

7mo

Spotify is anti-hiphop

Bunch of euros who don't give 2 f***s about rap or musicians, the main ones pushing slop and algorithms over art, the main ones trying to phase out artists in favor of podcasters and AI

Them sinking their tentacles into one of the gateways of fans who actually like the culture, sampling, is a bad thing lmaooo

notbrock

7mo

That’s between the artist and the artist they sampled

If a song starts making serious money then yes I think you should work out a deal. Sting taking almost 90% of the profits from Lucid Dreams is absolutely ridiculous tho. That stream of money would not even exist without Juice and Nick

TheFader

7mo

This is just another example of the classic morality question: “is it wrong to steal food if your family is starving?”

Of course it isn’t. But if you’re going to do that, just understand and be aware of the risks that come with doing that.

Same thing with uncleared samples

TheFader

7mo

The OG producers were dealing with an entirely different set of circumstances than producers are today, plus we have decades of knowledge about copyright law and sampling laws at our fingertips that those early hip-hop didn’t have

I’m not against smaller artists releasing uncleared samples

All I’m saying is that if you’re doing that in 2025, you should be well aware of the risks that come with it

Sample snitching is not a real concept. If an artist is sampling obscure records, those records should be acknowledged

SuperSaiyan

7mo

I don’t think it’s ridiculous if they sampled it and the song blew and still never reached out to him if that was the case.

Just shows they were gana run with all the money anyways

Dxtr

7mo

Spotify forever goat'd over Apple Music off the simple fact that Spotify offers their subscription with a student deal that includes Hulu for the low.

Lets get it

7mo

hulu with ads tho
apple music comes with apple tv no ads

spotify still goated for playlists tho

notbrock

7mo

That specific case is because Nick didn’t understand how the system worked

He didn’t technically sample stings song. He replayed the sample and thought interpolating it didn’t count as sampling but you still have to get it cleared

notbrock

7mo

I should be more clear that I’m only referencing underground artists here for the most part. Going and reporting an uncleared sample for a f***ing Boldy James song is goofy as hell imo (side note: I actually know the sample to Hot Water Tank and no ones reported it yet lol)

I think a major label artist not clearing a sample is ridiculous, Like what Travis did with that song on JB2

But another problem is how much people want now for samples to be cleared. This is why Danny went into debt with his label over AE. Mid tier artists could never afford to make something like The Blueprint or College Dropout now

TheFader

7mo

The OG producers were dealing with an entirely different set of circumstances than producers are today, plus we have decades of knowledge about copyright law and sampling laws at our fingertips that those early hip-hop didn’t have

I’m not against smaller artists releasing uncleared samples

All I’m saying is that if you’re doing that in 2025, you should be well aware of the risks that come with it

Sample snitching is not a real concept. If an artist is sampling obscure records, those records should be acknowledged

SuperSaiyan

7mo

Bet I get you. I’m not against underground artist sampling but can’t they just sample all they want if they’re not making money off of it. Wasn’t that the point of mixtapes , it was free music

RASIE

7mo

For f***ing what?? They bout to charge a subscription to look up sample history?

notbrock

7mo

Streaming kinda killed that tho

TheFader

7mo

That’s fair

2words

7mo

Integrate the sample database with the streaming library and automate the process to catch uncleared samples

2words

7mo

Not really. I think streaming made uncleared samples on albums more common. Alc doesn’t clear samples for the most part same with Madlib

notbrock

7mo

I should be more clear that I’m only referencing underground artists here for the most part. Going and reporting an uncleared sample for a f***ing Boldy James song is goofy as hell imo (side note: I actually know the sample to Hot Water Tank and no ones reported it yet lol)

I think a major label artist not clearing a sample is ridiculous, Like what Travis did with that song on JB2

But another problem is how much people want now for samples to be cleared. This is why Danny went into debt with his label over AE. Mid tier artists could never afford to make something like The Blueprint or College Dropout now

2words

7mo

Sample snitching is a real concept and no they shouldn’t be acknowledged

notbrock

7mo

I also wanted to add that “sample snitching” is technically a real thing and the reason so many underground sample based producers are against it is because they actually get hit with lawsuits

There’s a whole bunch of scummy lawyers who wait for stuff to get posted on WhoSampled so they can contact who ever has the rights to the song being sampled and make a quick buck