> Paul's Boutique was one of the last albums of the sampling era. It sampled hundreds > of sources. Not long after it came out, the industry started ratcheting up licensing > costs for samples, effectively killing the genre. An album with hundreds of samples > like Paul's Boutique (or pretty much any album from Public Enemy) is no longer > financially possible. These days, you get songs that sample ONE old song, usually > looping the chorus or melody and they pay through the nose for the privilege.
I loved the Dylan story from the third album, for Finger Lickin' Good. Dylan was asking $2000 for the sample, Mike D talked him down to $700...