This chapter focuses on the creative use of sampling in music and the challenges posed by copyrights and streaming services. It examines how De La Soul's music was excluded from streaming platforms for years due to rights issues, emphasizing how strict copyright enforcement can restrict artistic innovation and limit the exploration of new sounds in music.
A lot of our new hit music sounds just like our parents’ old hit music. Pitchfork’s Jayson Greene says you should blame publishing companies.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Serena Solin, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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