WhoSampled offers an extensive database of songs, samples, covers, remixes, artists, and more. According to its website, it's now tracking more than 1.2 million songs and nearly 622,000 samples. That data is powering Spotify's latest features, like its upcoming music discovery tool SongDNA.
  • mrdown@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    582·
    1 month ago

    I hate the culture of startup selling themselves to big companies

    • akilou@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      24·
      1 month ago

      Launched in 2008…

      Is it really a startup if it was started during the Bush administration?

      Spotify itself started in 2006

      • ronigami@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 month ago

        This is such a random acquisition. It’s like IMDB buying some film aficionado’s tumblr profile.

    • dan69@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      This really does choke innovation, market share and is strongly considered market monopolistic behaviors.

  • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    10·
    1 month ago

    This really, really sucks. WhoSampled is awesome, especially for sample heavy music from the 80s and 90s. They’ve been around over a decade, weird to call them a startup. While I am pissed, if Spotify came and offered me a truck load of money for something I was running and probably making little to no money, I can’t say it wouldn’t be tempting.