Sources close to the hit boy band Backstreet Boys claim that Kanye West didn't get permission to use elements of their hit 1997 "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" for his new song, "Everybody."
Boosie is considering suing Rod Wave for the use of a chorus for the song "Long Journey from the Florida artist's Nostalgia album.
Right Said Fred, an English pop duo known for its smash hit "I'm Too Sexy," blasts Beyoncé for not reaching out to them before using its song. The post Right Said Fred Says Beyoncé Didn’t Approach Them About “I’m Too Sexy” Sample appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Grammy Award winning pianist Ramsey Lewis has recorded enough music to fill an 80 GB iPod and is still going strong. The Chicago native released his first album in 1956, Ramsey Lewis And The Gentleman Of Swing, and has released over 80 since. Hip-Hop producers have revered Mr. Lewis’ work for years, incorporating samples of […]
During our interview with R&B singer Syleena Johnson, she shared what it was like growing up in a musical household with her father Syl Johnson. The Chicago native also discusses the sampling of her father’s hit “Different Strokes” and their plans to do an album together. RELATED POSTS: Syleena Johnson On Being A Real Life […]
When Danger Mouse released The Grey Album, a mash-up of The Beatles self-titled 1968 album, also known as The White Album, with Jay-Z’s 2003 album The Black Album, the Beatles’ record label, EMI, put a stop to its distribution because none of the samples of the Fab Four’s work had been cleared. It turns out […]
