The Sample Study Podcast
1) S3 E2 - Osmar Milito, by Madlib
Season 3 episode 2 has me talking a lot about the music of Brazil as we look at Madlib's sample of Osmar Milito and Quartete Forma's "America Latina" for the song Raid by Madvillain (MF DOOM, Madlib) ...Show More
2) S3 E1 - Samples By Host, 2 Mello
This week, for the first time ever, I study MY OWN SAMPLE. Welcome to Season 3! If you appreciate what I'm doing with The Sample Study, I'd greatly appreciate you telling me so, becoming a Patron or m...Show More
3) S2 E10 - Cos, by Dan The Automator
This week, we look at the unique style of Dan The Automator with his sampling of Cos' "Ixelles" for the trip-hop song "Sunshine" from his project with Prince Paul, Handsome Boy Modeling School. That w...Show More
4) S2 E9 - Beach House, by The Weeknd
This week, we look at one of my favorite stories of the last few years of sampling, how The Weeknd producer Zodiac/Jeremy Rose helped make the career of R&B singer Abel Tesfaye, who proceeded to do no...Show More
5) S2 E8 - Czeslaw Niemen, by No I.D.
This month's episode has us looking at Vince Staples' "Jump Off The Roof" with some very creative production from No I.D. using a vocal choir sample from Polish rock artist Czeslaw Niemen's "Nie Jeste...Show More
6) S2 E7 - Smokey and The Miracles, by J Dilla
This month's episode has us looking at an unnamed beat from a J Dilla beat tape that Elzhi used for "Love Is Here", remaking it and cleaning it up with the sample, Smokey Robinson And The Miracles' "M...Show More
7) S2 E6 - Ronnie Foster, by A Tribe Called Quest
This month's episode has us looking at A Tribe Called Quest's "Electric Relaxation" and the three samples it uses to make up its soundscape, but most notably the incredibly memorable "Mystic Brew" com...Show More
8) S2 E5 - The Isley Brothers, by J Dilla
This month's episode has us looking at J Dilla's excellent sampling of the Isley Brothers' "Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time For Love) Parts 1 & 2" for "Bye." one of the sweetest songs on his album Donu...Show More
9) S2 E4 - The Charmels, by the Wu-Tang Clan
It's been a long time but I'm back, and with a big beat--Wu-Tang Clan's "C.R.E.A.M." with the sample being The Charmels "As Long As I've Got You".Going forward, The Sample Study will post monthly, eve...Show More
10) S2 E3 - Akira Ifukube, by Pharoahe Monch
This week, we stomp through the creation of Pharoahe Monch's "Simon Says" and how the legal fallout from a sample from Akira Ifukube's "Gojira tai Mosura" from the 1992 film Godzilla vs. Mothra change...Show More