Grammy Award winning pianist  Ramsey Lewis has recorded enough music to fill an 80 GB iPod and is still going strong.  The Chicago native released his first album in 1956, Ramsey Lewis And The Gentleman Of Swing, and has released over 80 since.  Hip-Hop producers have revered Mr. Lewis’ work for years, incorporating samples of […]

During our interview with R&B singer Syleena Johnson, she shared what it was like growing up in a musical household with her father Syl Johnson. The Chicago native also discusses the sampling of her father’s hit “Different Strokes” and their plans to do an album together. RELATED POSTS: Syleena Johnson On Being A Real Life […]

When Danger Mouse released The Grey Album, a mash-up of The Beatles self-titled 1968 album, also known as The White Album, with Jay-Z’s 2003 album The Black Album, the Beatles’ record label, EMI, put a stop to its distribution because none of the samples of the Fab Four’s work had been cleared.  It turns out […]

Attorneys for Funk legend George Clinton have filed a multi-million dollar copyright infringement lawsuit over a remix of the group’s 2003 hit song “Shut Up.”