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Ozzy Osbourne is speaking out after Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, allegedly used a sample of his music without his approval. In a social media post shared Friday, the rocker called out West in all caps, writing, “@kanyewest ASKED PERMISSION TO SAMPLE A SECTION OF A 1983 LIVE PERFORMANCE OF ‘WAR PIG’ FROM THE US FESTIVAL WITHOUT VOCALS.” Osbourne went on to say that West was “REFUSED PERMISSION BECAUSE HE IS AN ANTISEMITE AND HAS CAUSED UNTOLD HEARTACHE TO MANY.” “HE WENT…

Soulful jazz great Les McCann, whose work was sampled by hundreds of hip-hop artists including Notorious B.I.G. and Dr. Dre, died Friday in the Los Angeles area. He was 88. The musician, who released more than 60 albums over the course of his career, had been admitted to a local hospital from the nursing care facility he’d lived in for the past four years and was diagnosed with pneumonia, his manager Alan Abrahams told The Hollywood Reporter. Despite his prolific career, he was arguably best…

Les McCann, a trailblazing pianist and singer known for fusing strains of jazz, funk, and R&B and pioneering soul jazz, died on Friday at the age of 88. The cause of death has not been disclosed, but his manager Alan Abrahams told NBC News that the musician had died at a Los Angeles hospital after developing pneumonia a week ago. The singer had lived for the last four years at a skilled nursing facility in L.A, according to The New York Times. McCann, who is best remembered for his 1967 protest song…

A song that has had 94m plays on Spotify since its October release begins with 64 seconds of cosmic, atmospheric music. Over a burbling analogue synthesiser and occasional ornamentation from piano and trumpet, we hear a soft, female voice narrating a journey: “Travelling forever in the dark / Darkness into blackness.”This sample from Azimuth’s 1977 album track The Tunnel is followed by Drake and Yeat rapping on IDGAF, the second most played track from Drake’s UK/US No 1 album, For All the Dogs (“Fuck the bitch, I make her…

Beyoncé’s dance-driven new record Renaissance arrived on streaming services last night, and it features a number of notable samples in its varied production.The list of songwriters and producers involved in the record, her first solo effort since 2016’s Lemonade, is extensive. But some of the names showed up in the album’s credits because of a sample, or a sly interpolation of lyrics or melodies. Ten of the album’s 16 tracks feature one or multiple prominent samples, from club classics and vintage Memphis rap, to Donna…

Beyoncé’s song “Energy” from her impending album Renaissance features a sample of a Kelis track, but the latter has suggested she had no idea about it until the rest of the world did.In a series of comments made from Kelis’ cooking account on Instagram, @bountyandfull, the singer shared her thoughts on her track “Get Along with You” showing up as a sample on “Energy.” Produced by the Neptunes, the original appeared on her 2000 album Kaleidoscope.“My mind is blown too because the level of disrespect and utter ignorance of…

While researchers continue to deepen our understanding of plastic contamination throughout the environment, much of the focus centers on marine organisms and of course humans themselves. Scientists in the UK have turned their eye to small land mammals and found traces of plastic in more than half the species sampled, with a seemingly equal distribution across locations and even dietary habits."Much is known about the impact of plastic on aquatic ecosystems, but very little is known about the same with terrestrial…

Beyoncé’s latest single “Break My Soul” came as a pleasant surprise to many, especially for the way it sampled the 1993 dance anthem “Show Me Love” by Robin S.After the song’s release, Robin S joined Good Morning Britain to talk about how happy she was when she learned that Bey sampled her song.“My son called me and he’s like, ‘Mom, mom. You’re trending all over the place,’” she said. “You know Beyoncé put her song out and it’s ‘Show Me Love’, and you’re trending everywhere.’”Robin S also said that she hopes to be able to…