[Ads-l] Antedating of "Sampling" (Hip Hop Music)

[Shapiro, Fred]

sampling, n. (OED, "incorporation of an excerpt from one musical recording to another," 1988)

1987 The Age Entertainment Guide (Melbourne) 20 Nov. 4/2 (Newspapers.com)

At the moment sampling — punching bits of other songs and sticking them in your own — is huge.

Fred Shapiro

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