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On The Sample Study podcast, producer 2 Mello focuses on one sample and its use in one song every week, discusses the pieces of music involved and then flips the sample to show you how it was done.
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Nov 22, 2018
Nov 22, 2018
16 min
Season 3 episode 2 has me talking a lot about the music of Brazil as we look at Madlib's sample of Osmar Milito and Quartete Forma's "America Latina" for the song Raid by Madvillain (MF DOOM, Madlib) and M.E.D. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Sep 21, 2018
Sep 21, 2018
15 min
This week, for the first time ever, I study MY OWN SAMPLE. Welcome to Season 3!
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Jul 19, 2018
Jul 19, 2018
18 min
This week, we look at the unique style of Dan The Automator with his sampling of Cos' "Ixelles" for the trip-hop song "Sunshine" from his project with Prince Paul, Handsome Boy Modeling School. That was a mouthful. Please enjoy learning about a cool lesser-known band and a quirky record producer in this season 2 finale.
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I'm also taking sample requests or questions for the show at samplestudycast(at)gmail(d0t)com, with the subject Questions or Requests.
May 17, 2018
May 17, 2018
22 min
This week, we look at one of my favorite stories of the last few years of sampling, how The Weeknd producer Zodiac/Jeremy Rose helped make the career of R&B singer Abel Tesfaye, who proceeded to do nothing else like his initial release and disappoint us all. That's right, it's the House of Balloons episode, discussing the song "The Party" and its sampling of Beach House's song "Master Of None". This drama-filled episode is one of my favorites I've ever produced.
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I'm also taking sample requests or questions for the show at samplestudycast(at)gmail(d0t)com, with the subject Questions or Requests.
Apr 26, 2018
Apr 26, 2018
19 min
This month's episode has us looking at Vince Staples' "Jump Off The Roof" with some very creative production from No I.D. using a vocal choir sample from Polish rock artist Czeslaw Niemen's "Nie Jestes Moja".
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I'm also taking sample requests or questions for the show at samplestudycast(at)gmail(d0t)com, with the subject Questions or Requests.
Mar 22, 2018
Mar 22, 2018
19 min
This month's episode has us looking at an unnamed beat from a J Dilla beat tape that Elzhi used for "Love Is Here", remaking it and cleaning it up with the sample, Smokey Robinson And The Miracles' "Much Better Off".
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I'm also taking sample requests or questions for the show at samplestudycast(at)gmail(d0t)com, with the subject Questions or Requests.
Jan 18, 2018
Jan 18, 2018
15 min
This month's episode has us looking at A Tribe Called Quest's "Electric Relaxation" and the three samples it uses to make up its soundscape, but most notably the incredibly memorable "Mystic Brew" composed by organist Ronnie Foster.
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I'm also taking sample requests or questions for the show at samplestudycast(at)gmail(d0t)com, with the subject Questions or Requests.
Dec 21, 2017
Dec 21, 2017
25 min
This month's episode has us looking at J Dilla's excellent sampling of the Isley Brothers' "Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time For Love) Parts 1 & 2" for "Bye." one of the sweetest songs on his album Donuts.
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I'm also taking sample requests or questions for the show at samplestudycast(at)gmail(d0t)com, with the subject Questions or Requests.
Nov 23, 2017
Nov 23, 2017
16 min
It's been a long time but I'm back, and with a big beat--Wu-Tang Clan's "C.R.E.A.M." with the sample being The Charmels "As Long As I've Got You".
Going forward, The Sample Study will post monthly, every third Thursday. Thank you so much for listening.
If you appreciate what I'm doing with The Sample Study, I'd greatly appreciate you telling me so, becoming a Patron or making a one-time donation.
I'm also taking sample requests or questions for the show at samplestudycast(at)gmail(d0t)com, with the subject Questions orRequests.
Aug 31, 2017
Aug 31, 2017
15 min
This week, we stomp through the creation of Pharoahe Monch's "Simon Says" and how the legal fallout from a sample from Akira Ifukube's "Gojira tai Mosura" from the 1992 film Godzilla vs. Mothra changed the fortunes of the young rap artist's album "Infernal Affairs".
If you appreciate what I'm doing with The Sample Study, I'd greatly appreciate you telling me so, becoming a Patron or making a one-time donation.
I'm also taking sample requests or questions for the show at samplestudycast(at)gmail(d0t)com, with the subject Questions orRequests.