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kicks79 said: Nice to see you back O'Dub. I co-sign on the DJ Premier angle. That was the first time I heard someone openly discuss sample snitching. So 98 right? My guess is that folks were using the term prior to that but it's hard to imagine a more public forum to introduce the term...

Electrode said: Duderonomy said: For some reason I’m thinking DJ Premier if not an originator at least used the term either in an interview (Big Daddy etc) or on a skit You might be referring to the rant about the Strictly Breaks compilations at the end of...

klezmer electro-thug beats said: Appropriately enough as you can see user "rajmahal" seems to be the first result. 2002. In the archive it's "001102.html", so I imagine prior to that there was only about a thousand pages of posts, so quite early on in the board's life, probably when there...

Hey everyone, it's been a minute. I'm working on a possible paper on the ethics of "sample snitching" and as part of the research into this, I was trying to locate where/when the term first came into use. And lo and behold, as I was digging around, one of the earliest mentions I could find...

Wanted to chime in my appreciation for everything that Soulstrut gave me and others when it launched. Even though I've been incognito for years now, this site was a vital part of my record education back in the day. S/o to Raj and all the Strutters over the years. Most of all, I will miss the...

billbradley said: I hope his team keeps up the good work on his behalf. I'm actually curious how this would work. It could be that they incorporated in such a way in which the business has a line of succession but I imagine that if he passed away unexpectedly, there'd be nothing like...

RAJ said: RIP https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/olivette-mo/jason-koenig-10379451 Just heard about this the other day, figured folks on Strut would have heard too. Pretty shocking since he was only 42. As I think the Strut archives suggest, Jason was a pioneer when it came...

:latepass: Congrats!

fishmongerfunk said: just picked up this record. i thought there was a version of the shaft theme on this record but i can find none on here. were there different pressings of this record with and without shaft? "johnny's no good" is the best "cloud nine" ripoff i've ever heard...

Hey, you should seriously think about doing something on this for Wax Poetics - maybe track down this cat (if he's still around). --Oliver

Vince Gilligan, literally minutes after the finale aired, basically said, "yeah, we tried to tie up all loose ends." It's not like David Chase being coy about "The Sopranos." Emily and Norm are projecting the finale they wanted vs. the ones they got. But love it or hate it, what we got...

I caught a screening of this last night and it's pretty damn great. I think a lot of Strutters will appreciate it on any number of levels. After the screening, Judith Hill, the Waters and Merry Clayton came out to perform and Clayton, especially, has such a massive presence and performance...

Thes, if I can offer a thought though: When vinyl was truly viable, it was largely because it was the only option in town, right? So whether things sounded amazing or sounded like shit, you bought an LP on vinyl because there wasn't another medium to compete with it. You may be...

A bit off-topic but Laserwolf: I wouldn't assume people had less disposable incomes in the past. If anything, they should have less today, partially because middle class wages have remained stagnant or declined over the last 20 years, thus lowering disposable income for most American families...

bennyboy said:Ha, that Lecci mixer is great, shame about the quality. Where are you using the GP3's? Always assumed the audio from them would be terrible, obv not? The sound quality is fine...for what it is. Obviously, you wouldn't try to install this in a club somewhere (though...