We list the best music samples, to make it simple and easy to add royalty-free music, audio and sound effect loops to your recordings, whether for composing music or for a video audio tracks. A ...

With his death Nov. 4 at age 91, late composer, performer, bandleader and producer Quincy Jones leaves behind an enormous body of work — over 70 years of albums, film scores and other collaborations.

Hip-hop has existed for over 50 years, and since its inception, the genre has mastered the art of sampling to create some of the most iconic records in music history. Effectively using a sample ...

There are only a handful of sample sources that have managed to thread multiple generations of rap production. Sure, there’s the “Funky Drummer” break and the countless variations of “Footsteps in the ...

Aphex Twin mastermind Richard D. James is a sneaky sampler, known to transform unique sound bites—including snippets from Robocop, a Tampax ad, and a 1980s porn film—into beats and bleeps that are ...