Raekwon's Glaciers of Ice sample finally found after 29 years

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When they say "sampling is an art" this is what they mean

The original music is unrecognizable. Nothing against loops either, but there's an actual craft to making music with obscure chops like this
 

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Also correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't samples under 2 seconds not enforced under copyright law? There's not much of a case here and I could see this falling under a fair-use clause like a lot of the old RZA and Premier stuff. The original music is so completely different than what was made of it
 

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Also correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't samples under 2 seconds not enforced under copyright law? There's not much of a case here and I could see this falling under a fair-use clause like a lot of the old RZA and Premier stuff. The original music is so completely different than what was made of it
I'm pretty sure you are wrong. Any sample no matter how long is copyright protected and can be taken to court
 

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I'm pretty sure you are wrong. Any sample no matter how long is copyright protected and can be taken to court
Looking into it a bit more, yes you are right. I guess I never seen a lawsuit for something like this. It's usually loops or blatant melodies being copied etc
 

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You don't care. Sample lawyers cooking up the case. You don't care if the digital version ends up having song taken down or remade. There's potential for all this.
All facts breh I been wondering about this for years :ohlawd:

Before I would've sworn if was some obscure ass NES title and now...the mystery is solved :wow:

If they find Jay's Bring It On, I can call it quits :mjcry:
 

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Looking into it a bit more, yes you are right. I guess I never seen a lawsuit for something like this. It's usually loops or blatant melodies being copied etc
It's up to the copyright holder to pursue it. Sometimes they don't know it's been sampled until someone snitches. Other times they might not think it's worth pursuing through the courts if the record is small and they just do an out of court settlement. With streaming services they might just get it removed.
 
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