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How Music Sampling Works

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How to Sample Clyde Stubblefield Drum Breaks

There are no further places to look than James Brown's 1970 song Funky Drummer. Thousands of songs have used that drum break, right? Yeah. Clyde Stubblefield is not trying to sue anybody. He's not seeking anything. Any damages. The drummer has never gotten a cent.

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