See also https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_ronson_how_sampling_transformed_music?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_ronson_how_sampling_transform..., a goo

See also https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_ronson_how_sampling_transformed_music?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_ronson_how_sampling_transform..., a good ted talk on this (that the WSJ article is probably inspired by)