I can't understand why people want to keep this great music a secret!! I don't always like the sampled tracks, but it does get the music out there to a wider audience. Not that I play it out much, but it's amazing to see the affect of 'Sliced Tomatoes' on a general audience, always gets the dancefloor going. All music is rehashed ideas in some form or another, most of the decent sampled tracks are used as a basis for new tracks and aren't just cover versions, unlike that recent awful version of ' Heartache Avenue'. I remember in the late 80's when samples were being used completely illegally and the copyright organisations had a nightmare trying to track down what was being used, loads of songs had there royalties on hold while the interested parties slogged it out with lawyers.
TTM