From Patsy Cline to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, here are the samples and interpolations on Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter. By Kyle Denis Beyoncé doesn’t just drop albums, she drops incredibly dense, multilayered ...

Interpolations — which incorporate elements of familiar songs into new ones — are a phenomenon that’s here to stay in many genres. Like using gonzo remakes of classic tracks in trailers, it’s a way of ...

You’re right: A lot of pop music does sound the same. Literally! In the past five years, the number of new songs on Billboard’s year-end “Hot 100” chart that interpolate old songs has more than ...

Many of Beyoncé's collaborators in Lemonade's long list of credits aren't collaborators at all. Her sixth album makes strategic use of samples and interpolations, wedding older references and new, ...

The GRAMMYS have just changed the game, at least in relation to what songs can be nominated for awards. Before now, a song that featured a sample or an interpolation of another song would not be ...

Two years after the release of “HARDSTONE PSYCHO,” Don Toliver is back and better than ever. While my TikTok for you page has been flooded with excited Don Toliver fans, I have never been one of them.