So if you haven't heard or read already, there was a huge issue with the Madvillainy sample set that was going around courtesy of Kevin Nottingham. After seeing countless sample sets emerge on a variety of blogs from Kevin's joint to HHIR, Lyrics To Go, Metal Lungies, Rock the Dub to wherever; it was somewhat of a shock initially to hear that Madlib (probably one of the most forward thinking crate diggers next to Pete Rock and Premo, in my opinion) was getting at all these people asking for the set to be taken down.
Long story short, the samples apparently have not been cleared and thus he has a right to be concerned. I see this and understand it clearly. We're identifying him to those who hold the rights to these uncleared samples. He needs to protect himself. While for us, these sample sets serve a completely different function, having your ass out in the open like that is some scary shit. It's serious. Look at what happened to Biz Markie. They're opposing ends of the argument with completely different (and valid) reasons to justify either point of view.
I'm just curious if the Beat Konducta is aware of The Crates which has been going around for quite sometime and covers all the material used on The Unseen.
I'm a big HUGE sample head/crate digger, so you know I had to chime in.
Interesting topic, discuss.
Samples Sets & Hip Hop
Posted by admin on Thursday, March 20, 2008
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