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Buck 65 is a rapper from Canada. If you aren't familiar with him here's one of my favourite songs from him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OViINrmZUY

He recently wrote this on his substack: "Not long after sending the master off, we received a message from the pressing plant (one of the bigger, more popular plants). They said there was an issue and refused to go forward with the pressing until the issue was resolved. We came to find out that they used AI to analyze the album and determined that the music was sample-based. They said they would only press the album if full details on sample clearances was provided. I went through all of this with Warner back when I signed my deal back in 2002 or whenever it was. That paperwork may or may not be collecting dust in a drawer somewhere in the world. Finding it now would be impossible and going though the whole process again - with lawyers and contracts and blah, blah, blah - would be just as difficult. I don’t even have a lawyer anymore. So we bailed and then had to scramble to find a different plant that was willing to do the job as pre-orders were already in and all copies sold out in advance."

Has anyone heard anything similar? If more widespread this could kill vinyls across the board, not just hip hop but anything sample based from plunderphonics to vaporwave.

The full article is here but only the first paragraph talks about this issue: https://buck65.substack.com/p/hill-and-gully-ride

This isn't good.

Paywall removed: https://archive.is/AqvSn

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what a solo

Released: Sep. 13, 2024

LYRICS:
[Verse 1]
Sun is going down, time is running out
No one else around but me
Steady losing light, steady losing my mind
Moving shadows and grinding teeth (Ooh)

[Pre-Chorus]
Without you, there ain't no place for me to hide
Without you, there's no way I can sleep tonight
What I'd do for a little bit of peace and quiet
Without you, I keep

[Chorus]
Slipping into bad dreams (Bad dreams)
Where there's no you and I
No sound when I cry
I love you and I need you to set me free
From all of these
Bad dreams (Bad dreams)
Waitin' on the other side
No sound when I cry
I love you and I need you to set me free
From all of these, all of these

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Bad dreams
Ooh, ooh, ooh
All of these
[Verse 2]
Baby, please come around, help me settle down
Hellish habits keep clouding my head (Mm)
What you waiting for? Something physical?
I can't do this by myself

[Pre-Chorus]
Without you, there ain't no place for me to hide
Without you, there's no way I can sleep tonight
What I'd do for a little bit of peace and quiet
Without you, I keep

[Chorus]
Slipping into bad dreams
Where there's no you and I (You and I)
No sound when I cry
I love you and I need you to set me free (Set me free)
From all of these (All of these)
Bad dreams
Waitin' on the other side
No sound when I cry
I love you and I need you to set me free (Set me free)
From all of these, all of these

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Bad dreams (Bad dreams)
Baby, please
Ooh, ooh, ooh
All of these (Baby, please)
All of these

^[[1] https://genius.com/Teddy-swims-bad-dreams-lyrics]

this song is nuts. the bass downtune, the drum solo, nilsson going all out on vocals. fucking nuts

Imaging going down the local and hearing this guy playing this pub classic.