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Latto's fourth studio album, Big Mama, was released into the wild last Friday. The impressive 17 track project boasts in...
06/02/2026

Latto's fourth studio album, Big Mama, was released into the wild last Friday. The impressive 17 track project boasts infectious beats, personal and raw lyricism, and a featured artist roster of fantastic collaborators.
DMG helped clear 7 samples / interpolations on the album including the following:
GOMF interpolating "Yahhh!" by Soulja Boy
Hostage sampling "For The Love Of You" by Isley Brothers
Naked sampling "Get Naked" by Travis Porter & DJ Spinz

Good Girl Gone Bad is Rihanna's best-selling album worldwide, released May 31, 2007. Sampling artists like Michael Jacks...
05/28/2026

Good Girl Gone Bad is Rihanna's best-selling album worldwide, released May 31, 2007. Sampling artists like Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, this album was a career-defining project that propelled Rihanna to global pop icon status. Good Girl Gone Bad features the global hit single "Umbrella" which won Rihanna and Jay-Z a grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. The album also resulted in multiple Billboard Hot 100 hit singles, such as "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia".

DMG was involved with the following songs:
-"Push Up On Me" sampling "Running With the Night" by Lionel Richie
-"Don't Stop The Music" sampling "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" by Michael Jackson
-"Shut Up and Drive" interpolating "Blue Monday" written by Stephen Morris, Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner, and Gilian Gilbert
-"Sat It" sampling "Flex" by Mad Cobra

Spanning only 21 minutes, Pusha T's May 25th, 2018 release Daytona, is commonly hailed as a lyrical and sonic hip-hop ma...
05/26/2026

Spanning only 21 minutes, Pusha T's May 25th, 2018 release Daytona, is commonly hailed as a lyrical and sonic hip-hop masterpiece. Sparking conversations about music delivery in the modern era of streaming and algorithms, this album blended hardcore rap with soulful sampling, producing extreme critical acclaim. Daytona debuted at #3 on the US Billboard 200 and reached #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

DMG was involved on all seven songs, with the following samples:
-"If You Know You Know" sampling "Twelve O' Clock Senteniel" by Air
-"Games We Play" sampling "Heart n' "Soul" by Booker T Averhart and "Politics as Usual" by Jay Z
-"Hard Piano" sampling "High as Apple Pie Slice II" by Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd st. Rhythm Band
-"Come Back Baby" sampling "The Truth Shall Make You Free" by King Hannibal and "I Can't Do Without You" by George Jackson
-"Santeria" sampling "Bumpy's Lament" by Soul Mann & The Brothers Pickwick
-"What Would Meek Do" sampling "Heart of The Sunrise" by Yes
-"Infared" sampling "Prelude" by Jay Z and "I Want to Make Up" by 24 Carat Black

In an unprecedented and groundbreaking event, Drake released not 1, not 2... but 3 new albums last night at the drop of ...
05/15/2026

In an unprecedented and groundbreaking event, Drake released not 1, not 2... but 3 new albums last night at the drop of midnight, gracing us all with almost three hours worth of new material to obsessively comb through. ICEMAN, HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR carry three distinct styles and sides of Drake's artistic expression. He left no room for any fan of his to feel shorted out on the experience.
This impressively large scale release was made possible by dozens, if not hundreds, working in the industry to help make this come to life. Not the least of which is the sample team here at DMG Clearances. Deborah led the way on the 16 sample clearances that spanned the three albums, with the expert helping hand of Nicole Passon. A project like this is an unbelievable undertaking that will continue to live on in our work emails for many, many months beyond this initial release date. The opportunity to be a part of something this grand is a blessing and a privilege.
Enjoy the new tunes, everyone!

mgk and Wiz Khalifa collabed to create an infectiously fun track titled "girl next door", released just yesterday. This ...
05/14/2026

mgk and Wiz Khalifa collabed to create an infectiously fun track titled "girl next door", released just yesterday. This song samples and interpolates "KKMJ" by Sweet Trip. The sound harkens back to that wonderfully blissful era of music from the 2008 - 2014 range where both mgk and Wiz Khalifa came to prominence in. Definitely keep this one in your backpocket for the summer get togethers.

04/16/2026

Deborah spent an hour with the Artist Portal Studio talking all things sample clearances. Check out the full episode on YouTube.

How lucky are we to be living in the timeline where Snoop Dogg has just dropped his 22nd solo album in 2026? Released la...
04/16/2026

How lucky are we to be living in the timeline where Snoop Dogg has just dropped his 22nd solo album in 2026? Released last Friday, 10 Til' Midnight is another notch on Snoop's belt, which is the length of the Mississippi at this point. This latest album is chock-full of everything we love about the D-O-Double-G. Beats that reflect the West Coast state of mind and the smooth lyricism of a master craftsmen who is aging like the finest wine in the cellar.
DMG worked on four clearances for this album including:
Step sampling "Candy" by Cameo
17 Rules sampling "Heat of the Moment" by After 7
No Ticcet Needed sampling "I Found Love (When I Found You)" by The Spinners

Released March 28, 2006, King is T.I.'s fourth studio album. King reached critical acclaim by debuting at #1 on the Bil...
03/26/2026

Released March 28, 2006, King is T.I.'s fourth studio album. King reached critical acclaim by debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 and earned T.I. a grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance with the major hit "What You Know". This album's success cemented T.I.'s status as a Southern rapper and brought Atlanta's trap sound into the mainstream national hip-hop market.

DMG was involved on 9 songs, with some standouts being:
King Back sampling "Sting Of The Serpent" written by Ray Davies
Front Back sampling "Front Back Side To Side" by UGK and "Boyz-N-The-Hood" by Eazy E
What You Know interpolating "Gone Away" written by Donny Hathaway, Curtis Mayfield, and Leroy Hutson
Why You Wanna sampling "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" by Crystal Waters and interpolates "Find A Way" by A Tribe Called Quest
Get It sampling "Mollo Tutto" by Loretta Goggi

March 2026 marks three years since De La Soul's catalog was made available on streaming for the first time ever. This wa...
03/19/2026

March 2026 marks three years since De La Soul's catalog was made available on streaming for the first time ever. This was a joint effort between DMG and Reservoir to bring these classic works into the modern age. A project like this is too tremendous a task to describe, and one very few were even willing to attempt through the decades that passed from the initial release. This will stand as one of the most important works that Deborah and the supporting team poured their hearts into. Some notes about 3 Feet High And Rising specifically:

De La Soul's best-selling album to date, 3 Feet High and Rising, released March 3, 1989, is popularly acclaimed as a revolutionary hip-hop album, particularly because of it's use of heavy sampling. This album hit number one on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart and was even featured on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. 3 Feet High and Rising made space outside the genre of hardcore gangsta rap and pionered not only sample usages, but also use of sketches and humourus skits.

DMG was involved on many of the clearances, with some standouts being:
(3 Is) The Magic Number sampling "5 Feet High and RIsing" by Johnny Cash
Can U Keep A Secret sampling "Got To Get A Knutt" by Newbirth,
Description sampling "Poet" by Sly & The Family Stone and "Midnight Theme" by Manzel

Happy March, everyone! We have some great throwbacks to post this month, starting with an absolutely timeless record fro...
03/06/2026

Happy March, everyone! We have some great throwbacks to post this month, starting with an absolutely timeless record from Ghostface Killah.
Released March 28, 2006, Fishscale is Ghostface Killah's widely praised and acclaimed album, which is now considered a beloved hip-hop classic. Fishscale featured versatile samples from influential artists alongside powerful and innovative production from J Dilla, MF Doom, Pete Rock, Cool & Dre, and several other iconic producers. This album ultimately mixed cinematic storytelling with hardcore and commercially successful hip-hop. "Big Girl" is one of the most fun and impressive continuous rap verses in hip hop history.

DMG was involved on several songs, with some standouts being:
-"Big Girl" sampling "You're a Big Girl Now" by The Stylistics and "Strung Out" by William Bell and Mavis Staples
-"Momma" feat Megan Rochell sampling "Wandering Star" by David Axelrod
-"Three Bricks" feat. The Notorious B.I.G and Raekwon sampling "Somebody's Gotta Die" and "Ni**as Bleed" by The Notorious B.I.G.

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