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March 15, 2023

March 15, 2023 • Iconic hip hop group De La Soul's music is finally available on streaming platforms, just in time for the fiftieth anniversary of hip hop. To say listeners are overjoyed is an understatement. Only a few days after their streaming debut, De La Soul's 1989 debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, soared to no. 5 on the UK album chart, even topping their original 1990 high of no. 13. For fans this was a long time coming. The hip hop group had a towering presence in the 80s and 90s, their playful ingenuity and eccentricity even inspired other greats like the Beastie Boys, Childish Gambino, OutKast, and the Pharcyde. But what kept De La Soul's tunes out of rotation for decades — and thus, largely out of the public imagination — was an infuriating entanglement of legal restrictions surrounding sampling, an art form where producers take snippets of songs and stitch them together to form sonic collages. For this week's pod extra, OTM Correspondent Micah Loewinger speaks to Dan Charnas, an associate arts professor at NYU and author of the book "Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm," about how music copyright law suppresses the artistic voices of hip hop producers.

Silenced Samples: How Copyright Laws Infringe on Hip Hop

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Ascential's consumer data unit draws interest from Apax, BC Partners - sources

UK business media group Ascential is attracting interest for its consumer data unit from buyout firms including Apax and BC Partners, four people familiar with the matter said, with investors attracted by steady revenue from its subscription services. JPMorgan Chase & Co. Is advising Ascential on the sale of the division, known as WGSN, and in the last week invited potential investors to indicate their interest, the people said. The sale process will start soon after Easter, they added.

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