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Ghost Production for EDM, Hip-Hop & More: How to Get Started

This guide uncovers some of the secrets to becoming a ghost producer. Including DJ Mag Top 100 quotes on ghost production and expert videos.

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Kendrick Lamar VS Drake: The Samples Behind the Beef

What a time to be alive. J. Cole's flex about "the big three" on Drake's 'First Person Shooter,' led to a ruthless death match between K.Dot and Drake we haven't seen the end of yet. Here are the samples and production credits for all of the diss tracks. From Aretha Franklin's "Prove It" to chords in A Minor: even the samples play a role in their fired-up beef...

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Splice VS. Tracklib VS. Sample Focus: The Pros and Cons of Three Sample Libraries

“How can I use samples for free?” is a question every music producer ponders about at some time in their career. But which music service is best to use for that?

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A Mysterious Pioneer from the Golden Era of Nigerian Funk

To this day, William Onyeabor has not spoken about his music in a single interview. He even had never performed his music live before he left music forever to become a devout Christian. 'Enigmatic' is an understatement to describe the late synth-funk and Highlife cult figure, who lived in a hidden palace in the lowland forests of Nigeria's Igboland as a crowned High Chief.

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Sample from 4 Decades Worth of Blue-Eyed Soul by Bobby Caldwell

After Bobby Caldwell's untimely passing last year, reissue label Be With commemorated him as "a smooth titan of blue-eyed soul." He was indeed a true icon: his music inspired countless hip-hop songs (most famously 2Pac's "Do For Love" and the J Dilla-produced "The Light" by Common), and a slew of artists covered his smooth R&B and jazz-infused pop. With songs taken from ten records on Tracklib, you can now capture that smoothness in your own productions.

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An 'Underappreciated Veteran' of New Orleans Blues, R&B & Funk

Eddie Bo's biography may call him a "sorely underappreciated veteran of the New Orleans R&B scene," but hip-hop producers made up for that by heavily appreciating his music through sampling. The pianist and singer released more singles than any other New Orleans artist aside from Fats Domino—so his catalog is a true goldmine...