Beat digging

Yeah, yeah I know crate digging is an artform in its own right and the secrets should be kept beyond the grave in a producer/beatsmith omerta like fashion.........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Sorry I bored myself then.

Seriously though, I love the undiscovered gems you find as much as the next man. I know that it should be closely guarded as to who samples who/what (mainly if we are honest out of fear of being sued) but there have been times that I've been driving myself and others insane trying to find out what was pilfered on a particular jam especially its its a fairly obvious-should-know-it-but-can't-place-it type moment.

That's where cool little sites like whosampled.com come in handy. Admittedly not always earth shattering but good for some good clean type fun. Its also good to compare the original and the new tracks side by side to see what the producer did with it (or not in the case of Mr Diddy, lol).

Check out The Holy Book of Hip Hop and The Sampling Dictionary for some more beat digging/sacrilege goodness too.

Whilst I'm on the subject, I watch a fair amount of TV and advert music drives me insane too, usually some leftfield shit that I've never heard of that piques my interest. Well, tvadmusic.co.uk gotcha back. I used to go to commercialbreaksandbeats.co.uk but that appears to be down at the moment.

Shhh, just don't tell anyone else, kay?!?!