"In a bid to kickstart a new golden age of hip-hop sampling, the United States Library of Congress has launched a free online tool that allows access to its massive archive of royalty-free music and voice recordings.

Dubbed Citizen DJ, the tool gives you access to audio recordings from the library’s collection, dating back over a hundred years. Audio can be accessed via a colourful visual interface, and auditioned using an online sequencer accompanied by sounds of classic drum machines. You can then download the relevant samples individually or get them as sample packs containing thousands of clips."

musictech.net/news/library-congress-sampling-citizen-dj

Nina Simone gonna be fuming knowing niggas can just sample other s*** for free

If this actually takes off, a lot of people are going to be fuming with the loss of revenue and hopefully makes it easier for people both major and indie to license and clear music for sampling and other things.

Dope

ayyyyy we producers getting a W

the beta actually fire. The search function is amazing

That’s dope tbh

Samples be costing an arm and a leg now adays

Nice try I’m still using s*** that could get me sued

RIAA lurking the forum still, be careful

What a dope concept

This is f***ed up

Oh, it’s up ..

This could be a trap

Citizen DJ sounds like some s*** a suit at the RIAA pitched to the library of congress f*** this

Im hoarding all these vocals samples though dont get it twisted

Should be good aslong as you understand the different Creative Commons licenses

Don’t like this at all.

Just another way for artist not to get paid for their work.

THANK THE F***ING LORD

stfu lmao if it’s on there then the copyright is expired or it’s royalty free. no one getting paid off that s*** no ways

Let me know what you find

There's already websites like this : splice, looperman, etc.

Why the hostility guy

Thanks for making dis thread brah