The Lawsuit That Quietly Rewrote 90s Hip-Hop Production
In 1991, a federal judge pulled Biz Markie’s album off shelves over an uncleared sample — a courtroom fight that quietly forced Golden Age hip-hop to change how it was made.
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Thou Shalt Not Sample: The Lawsuit That Changed Golden Age Hip-Hop Forever
In 1991, a federal judge quoted the Bible and tried to break hip-hop’s most powerful tool. Here’s how the sampling wars forged the golden age sound.
