{"id":2085,"date":"2013-09-14T18:39:11","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T08:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fazzarimultimedia.com\/blog\/?p=2085"},"modified":"2026-02-25T20:59:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:59:24","slug":"sample-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fazzarimultimedia.com\/blog\/sample-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Sample This &#8211; Hip-Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fazzarimultimedia.com\/blog\/sample-this\/sample-this\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2086\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2086\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fazzarimultimedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Sample-This.png\" alt=\"Sample This\" width=\"579\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fazzarimultimedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Sample-This.png 579w, https:\/\/www.fazzarimultimedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Sample-This-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SAMPLE THIS is the true story of how unknown music producer Michael Viner brought together the greatest studio musicians of the 1970&#8217;s to create an album that ultimately went nowhere&#8230; until the summer of 1973, when DJ Herc took the percussion breaks from that obscure album and extended them by playing them back to back. 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