Thursday, November 20, 2008

Good News for German Hip-Hop...

A recent court case in Germany's "highest civil court has dealt electronic band Kraftwerk a blow in ruling that sampling music does not in principle violate copyright." Kraftwerk is perhaps one of the earliest backbones of hip-hop, providing the soundtrack for early b-boys, then Afrika Bambaataa's seminal "Planet Rock," then a slew of other hip-hop tracks.
For example:

Kraftwerk - The Man Machine


MC Lyte - Cha Cha Cha


Jay-Z feat. Foxy Brown


Hopefully the clearance of Kraftwerk's music in Germany will yield some equally rad tracks.

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