Sample Clearances

Frank Ocean Speaks On Sample Clearance Issues With Def Jam Turning His Mixtape Into An Album (Video)

June 20, 2011

When Def Jam decided to turn Frank Ocean’s dope R&B mixtape into an album for sale I was wondering how in the hell they were gonna clear all of those samples. Frank Ocean is a truly talented singer & songwriter whose talent in those areas shined through, but the music itself employs many familiar audio references. In the video above Frank not only talks about the sample clearance dilemma but also about his creative process. Better download the album while you can though….

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