# @billboard on YouTube

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- **Posted:** 2026-09-30T12:00:11.000+00:00
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## Caption

Sampling has shaped some of the most influential music of the last 50 years — and Questlove has been there for much of its evolution. The musician and music historian joins Billboard’s Kristin Robinson on Billboard On The Record for a conversation about his Earth, Wind & Fire documentary — Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World) — the history of sampling and his work as a music historian. From the lawsuit against Biz Markie, which made sampling more difficult and expensive, to AI-generated crate digging and the surge of catalog sales, Questlove shares his insight into sampling’s evolution and how it changed the music business.
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Billboard On The Record is a podcast in partnership with SickBird Productions. 

Host: 
Kristin Robinson

Executive Producers: 
Diona DaCosta
Jade Watson

Produced By: 
Kayla Forman
Mateo Vergara

Edited By:
Rachel Derbyshire

00:00:00 Sampling: Big Ideas Tease  
00:01:12 Show Intro & Questlove  
00:02:42 Questlove’s Historian Origin  
00:04:03 “Summer of Soul” Pitch  
00:05:46 Building the EWF Documentary  
00:08:32 Why Sampling Endures  
00:10:54 Early Sampling Tech Timeline  
00:14:14 When Sampling Went Mainstream  
00:17:00 Biz Markie Lawsuit Fallout  
00:21:18 Sampling Revives Catalogs  
00:23:03 Production Tech Turning Points  
00:26:41 Did Lawsuits Kill Records?  
00:30:12 Blurred Lines & “Vibe” Rights  
00:32:25 Drummer’s Approach to Sampling  
00:35:03 The Amen Break Explained  
00:40:00 Catalog Owners & “Outlaw” Appeal  
00:43:04 Micro-Chopping’s New Wave  
00:46:06 Social Media as New Radio  
00:48:15 AI Sampling & Copyright  
00:50:32 Fixing Creator Compensation  
00:53:29 Questlove on His Legacy  
00:57:20 Game: Spin the Record  
01:00:05 Favorite Music Docs  
01:01:34 Sample Clearance Nightmares  
01:05:51 Game: What Would You Cue  
01:10:48 Closing & Where to Follow

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Questlove on Sampling, Earth, Wind & Fire and the Evolution of Hip-Hop | Billboard On The Record

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