What is Sampling?
1.
the process of taking brief segments of sound (from a song, movie or elsewhere) and using that sound to form another sound or musical piece.
Kanye West is known for sampling soul songs from the 70's and 80's.
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2.
The art of traveling around a supermarket or warehouse club where free dood samples are offered. A person can make a tasty meal out of sampling depending on his or her talent. Try not to linger or appear too often at a particular sample station. Also, beware of salsa samples as others may have
Velma: I'm'a on a diet, Shirl. I don't eat
fudge bars anymore.
Shirl: They're setting out samples.
Velma: Oh, and let's try the pigs in a poke
3.
The history of sampling comes from African Americans who gave up on their cultural history on playing wonderful music and began to steal other people's music to claim it as there’s.
- The act of stealing music to claim as your own.
When people told him he was sampling good music, he got excited and considered himself a great producer.