Topic summary
Library music
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Production music.
As popular music
In the 2000s, library music also began to interest crate-digging hip hop producers. Some were interested, in part, because of the sample-clearance issues faced with commercial music releases while others, such as Madlib, have used it for its unique musical quality. Library music has been sampled by artists including the Avalanches, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, A$AP Rocky, Flying Lotus, RZA, Swizz Beatz and Ghostface Killah. Some music producers, such as Frank Dukes, have also been inspired by the library music model and distribute some of their compositions as production music for sampling.