Rip & Rebind Rebind: A Flash of Brilliance

This episode takes a look at remix culture and the controversy of the sample. Since the inception of the photograph, idea of art has been less concerned with the human hand and more dependent on the eye and the capabilities of technology. Enter sampling. Can an art whose instrument manipulate previously existing sounds be considered an original? By the standard already established by photography, can what hip-hop produces be considered art? Or is it stealing?