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How Do You Sample Music Legally Without Getting Sued?
What clearance really means, the two permissions you need, what it costs, and the legal ways to sample when you have no budget.
Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6: how Madlib turned a Dilla tribute into 42 instrumentals
Dil Cosby & Dil Withers Suite is the softest, saddest corner of the Beat Konducta series. Here is what Stones Throw says about it and what producers can take from the way it is built.
Madlib's Beat Konducta series is finally boxed up — what is actually inside
Stones Throw is collecting all six Beat Konducta volumes on vinyl for the first time. Here is the volume-by-volume breakdown, the new colored pressings, and why this run still teaches more about sampling than most tutorials.
Marlon Hoffstadt sampled the record that helped invent house — here's how 'Party People' flips 'Move Your Body'
Das Ist Daddy arrived August 7 on Capitol. Its lead single runs Marshall Jefferson's 1986 Chicago house blueprint through a 2026 trance system — and the way it does it says a lot about why old house records keep working.
Tracklib vs Splice in 2026: Which One Do You Actually Need?
Royalty-free sounds or clearable real records? Current catalogs, pricing, the new AI tools, and how the money works on each.