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A man that has many personalities Zev Love X, King Geedorah, Viktor Vaughn, Metal Fingers, DOOM. He tends to bring his special brand of production and wacky, often funny, but always smart and always delivered from behind his metal mask. This week we dig into the villain inspired production of DOOM and dig into those for the samples. We will also hear a Sample Culture first interview from Roel van den Heuvel who took a long journey to dig for the Arrow Root/Next Levels sample. This episode was a labor of love and we hope you enjoy it. 

We are back!!!! Covid be damned we figured out how to socially distance and record. T's pick for subject this week is the boss Rick Ross.

Tell a friend to tell a friend Sample Culture is back and Sleeper and TP are back at it. 

Hearing the sad news of the death of Florian Schneider, one of the founding members of the Kraut Electro group Kraftwerk, I realised that I had not posted this episode from 2018. This is when we were a 2 hour show. Lots of discussion and me bringing TP into the folds of Kraftwerk and their unquestionable influence on Kraftwerk. This episode was a deeply personal one for me, as I am a super fan. It was on the books as an idea for an episode since day 1 of the show. As always we will hear songs from Kraftwerk, and the artist that have sampled them. Though he has not been an active part of the group since 2008 his legacy lives on. We hope you enjoy this episode. RIP Florian thank you for you amazingly perfect music. 

-Sleeper

The influence that the Beatles have had on music is immeasurable. Their short run from 1960's-1970's yielded a body of music that has been covered thousands of times and a few (if you could afford it or wanted to be sued) samples. We have covered direct samples of the Beatles on a previous episode, so this week we wanted to dig in on samples from artists that have covered the Beatles. 

This show was recorded back in March at the very beginning of this Coronavirus nonsense. I have one other episode and I believe that will be the fateful end of our program. Thank you to all those who have listened and supported us over the last 3 years. We have mad love for each and every one of you! Stay safe!

Just listen to it. I don't feel like writing an elaborate description. 

Gil Scott Heron was a musician, poet, activist, author, known to many as "The Godfather of Rap." Worked with his long time collaborator Brian Jackson through the 1970's and 80's. It's undeniable his influence on hip hop and his DNA runs deep through it. THis week, Sleeper and TP will dig into this influence on this week's episode of Sample Culture. Click Play. Do it!

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This week on Sample Culture, Sleeper and TP dig in on One Way. You may not have heard of One Way but that doesn't mean that your favorite producer hasn't. One Way featuring Al Hudson pumped out funk and soul throughout the 70's and 80's. They had one charting hit in the 80's with "Cutie Pie" but these records are full of sampling gold. We will hear from Jay-Z, Foxy Brown, and more. 

"Oh I feel so unnecessary - this is the kind of stuff that makes you feel like you wanna do something nasty, like waste some chicken gravy on your white shirt right down front."

The man who made of career of inspiring many new dances named after fowl in various states of grooving. Rufus Thomas. Not only did he give us the Funky Penguin but he also provide a funky back beat to vast array of hip hop producers. This week and Sample Culture, Sleeper and TP, dig into some of their favorites. 

This week on Sample Culture, we take one more look back at 2019 before moving ahead with 2020. T Picks his favorites for 2019. Hear tracks from Rick Ross, J Cole, Dave East and more. 

This week on Sample Culture, Sleeper breaks down his favorite tracks of 2019 and the songs the producers sampled to make them. This one is a heater. Songs by Pete Rock and Skyzoo, Jidenna, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, and more.