OSR OSR News Roundup

[Mannahnin]

If there's one constant in the universe it is that older people will look at younger people, cluck disapprovingly, and make some comment about "kids these days." I, for one, really enjoy 80s and 90s hip hop and rap. Disregard for copyright is not new.

A lot of samples in the 80s were licensed, bear in mind. I was watching a YT video yesterday on famous samples and it noted that James Brown made a point of re-releasing some of his songs which had gotten popular for sampling (like Funky Drummer) in formats which made them easier to sample, to encourage the practice and get paid.

 

[Bill Zebub]

A lot of samples in the 80s were licensed, bear in mind. I was watching a YT video yesterday on famous samples and it noted that James Brown made a point of re-releasing some of his songs which had gotten popular for sampling (like Funky Drummer) in formats which made them easier to sample, to encourage the practice and get paid.

When JayZ released an a cappella version of The Black Album it felt like he was practically begging somebody to remix it. And when DJ Dangermouse did exactly that, mixing samples from it and the Beatles' "White Album" to make The Grey Album, lawyers for the Beatles rights (I can't remember who owned them at the time) went nuts, while lawyers for JayZ were curiously silent.

(I'm not particularly a JayZ fan, but the Grey Album is freaking brilliant. Anybody not familiar with it should go track it down RIGHT NOW.)