Whosampled.com launches
Whether it’s Jason Derulo’s ‘Whatcha Say’ using a hefty proportion of Imogen Heap’s ‘Hide And Seek’; David Guetta lifting the top line from ‘Tainted Love’; or even Flo Rida using the backing from Eifel 65’s ‘Blue’; many of the world’s biggest hits in the last year have heavily used samples to provide instantly memorable hooks. Of course, this isn’t anything new. Since the Sugar Hill Gang lifted the bassline from Chic’s ‘Good Times’ on ‘Rapper’s Delight’ over 30 years ago, sampling has provided the backbone of hip-hop, house and techno.
More often than not the best samples and breaks are taken from obscure, rare and unloved tracks that by their very nature can be hard to place. Thankfully, the boffins at Whosampled.com have now launched a service that aggregates and cross references samples from even the most hard to find records – something that’s sure to please crate diggers and record collectors the world over.
With a database of over 16,000 tracks, whosampled.com contains everything from dance music to pop. One of the more obscure gem’s highlighted on the site include Bernard Wright’s ‘Spinning’; a super cool funk number that provides the break in Skee-Lo’s mid 90’s rap hit ‘I Wish’. Check it out below:
