WhoSampled, based on the popular website of the same name, helps you connect the musical present to the past by displaying the songs that are used as parts of other songs. You can search for samples ...

If you’ve heard all of the new Bruce Springsteen album, Wrecking Ball, you’ve probably wondered, listening to its final rousing track, “We Are Alive,” why that song sounds so familiar. Or maybe you ...

Spotify has acquired the community-run database tracking sampled music, WhoSampled, the company announced Wednesday. The streaming service had also shared the news as part of its Wednesday blog post ...

‘We are much more than a glorified Excel spreadsheet. It’s an experience,’ says founder Nadav Poraz I’m here to warn you off WhoSampled. Seriously, don’t use the website, and don’t download its iPhone ...

WhoSampled was acquired by Spotify, unlocking deeper music discovery tools while keeping the platform’s identity. WhoSampled was officially acquired by Spotify, marking a pivotal shift in how ...

If you’re dying to know who Kanye West sampled on each and every track on Teyana Taylor’s new album, this app can help. Today WhoSampled released a new version of their mobile app, which pairs music ...

WhoSampled isn’t always on the mainstream startup radar, but the London-based company has been building a solid product over the past eight years, one that unearths the veritable spider web of ...

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Time was people once actually had to remember things — imagine! But armed with a modern smartphone and a web connection, any human able to prod at a keyboard lurking underneath glass can become a ...

London-based startup WhoSampled answers music’s most frustrating question, as we wrote back in 2009: Where DO I recognize that song from? In a nutshell, the service scans the music on your device to ...