For true-blue music geeks, finding out the DNA or origin of songs is something that thrills them. After all, as filmmaker Kirby Ferguson says, Everything Is A Remix. But while Google (or Wikipedia) is always there if you want to research, it would be handy to have an app that has a wide database to do that for you. Award-winning app WhoSampled is now finally available on Android, and it is a music aficionado’s dream come true (well, if you’re into that sort of thing).
WhoSampled claims that they have the “largest database of sample-based music” and it is through this that it can let you know what previous songs the artist sampled on this particular track or if there are other songs that have sampled it already. The songs have detailed information, including which artists have done a cover of it. And it is through this discovery of where the song has been or who has experimented with it, then you get to be exposed to new kinds of music which you might enjoy as well.
The app scans your device’s music library and gives you the information you want, if the song is included in their database. And even if a certain song or artist isn’t in your library, you can still search for any song in its extensive database. You can even compare the similar songs side by side and see (or rather, listen) the similarities and differences between them. If you like a certain song, you also have the option to buy them through the connected payment systems.
Of course, sharing these musical trivias that you’ve discovered is important, so all the sharing features are present. You can also look at certain unique musical charts and other “top-rated content” just to make you stay within the app, if the prospect of just looking at songs’ music histories is not enough. WhoSampled is completely free from the Google Play Store.
SOURCE: WhoSampled
