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Sampling is one of the fundamental elements of hip-hop. It is the art of using details from other people's tracks to create an independent piece of music. With an incredible ear, producers notice the smallest interesting details in songs and build their own compositions on them. This method has been used by the greatest representatives of the genre: from Dr. Dre to Kanye West, from DJ Premier to Wu-Tang Clan. In our video, we will reveal the secrets of creating some hits and tell you how sampling changed the hip-hop movement and all music, how producers' techniques were transformed and how samples led to multi-million dollar lawsuits. 00:00 Video summary 00:30 What is sampling 01:03 Concrete music and the first case of sampling 01:58 The rapid development of sampling in the 80s: Grandmaster Flash, Public Enemy 03:29 How often were samples used in the 80s and 90s 05:09 Wu-Tang Clan and the leader of the group RZA 05:45 An example of a "lazily flipped" sample using P Diddy 06:14 Sampling virtuoso DJ Premier 07:07 The brilliant duet of J Dilla and Madlib 07:56 Sampling - theft or art? Cases of Biz Markie and Robin Thicke 09:49 Lawsuits in the 2020s: Juice WRLD, Sting, Lil Nas X 11:25 Beef and trial between Three 6 Mafia and $uicideboy$ 12:29 How to properly clear a sample? Facts from the history of hip-hop 14:40 Sampling is one of the most important elements of the genre 16:05 Sampling in the modern industry 16:52 Kanye West, his love for samples and the problems with them 18:25 Interesting examples of sampling from A$AP Rocky, J. Cole, MF DOOM and Lil Yachty 20:07 Sampling in Russian hip-hop: Big Baby Tape, Husky, Kasta, Guf