How sampling transformed music | Mark Ronson

Sampling isn’t about “hijacking nostalgia wholesale,“ says Mark Ronson. It’s about inserting yourself into the narrative of a song while also pushing that story forward. Watch the DJ scramble 15 TED Talks into an audio-visual omelette, and trace the evolution of “La Di Da Di,“ Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick’s 1984 hit that has been reimagined for every generation since. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers g