Welcome to the 20th Songs of the Week of 2026. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Matt the Raven, and Scotty Dransfield helped me decide the list. We considered over 40 songs and narrowed it down ...

Just under a year after sharing Essex Honey, Blood Orange is back with “Essex_Honey.mp3,” his first new song of 2026. The track, which pairs a wistful top synth with a clattering breakbeat, samples ...

Every Thursday, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the week, awarding one entry a “Song of the Week” designation. Check out last week’s roundup here. Song of the ...

The next era of Riley Green is here. Today, he not only released a new song called “Think As You Drunk,” in addition to announcing his new album That’s Just Me will be out everywhere this fall, on ...

The music industry owes funk music legend George Clinton more than just his flowers, and now, he’s ready to collect on everything he’s owed in the form of a $1.1 million lawsuit. On May 15, Clinton ...

This article was originally published on www.mentalfloss.com as 12 Famous Songs That Sampled Unexpected Sources.

Have you ever been listening to a song and suddenly recognized a bit of another song? In music, the use of songs and sounds to create a new song is called sampling. Sometimes you can easily tell which ...

Madonna is reviving a Detroit dancefloor classic on her new single "Bring Your Love," which was released Thursday. The song, a collaboration with Madonna's Coachella partner Sabrina Carpenter, samples ...

DETROIT — Madonna is reviving a Detroit dancefloor classic on her new single "Bring Your Love," which was released Thursday. The song, a collaboration with Madonna's Coachella partner Sabrina ...

Sampling has been part of the genre since the beginning. The rapper Busta Rhymes names the songs that artists keep turning to. By Mitchell Kuga Roy Hammond, the lead singer of the Honey Drippers.

It’s not often that a musician will sample one of their older songs in a newer track. But when it does happen, it’s typically like an Easter egg, a little secret meant for fans to find. Even if you’re ...