The lives behind the records that built hip-hop, told by CC The Soul Professor.
New stories weekly
Each episode is a 20-minute story about one artist or one sound: where they came from, what they made, and why producers kept going back to those records.
The full story on YouTube, with chapters for each part of the artist's life.
The same episode as a podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
A Spotify playlist with every source record and every song that sampled it.
Notes, a timeline, and the Source & Sample list for every episode, right here.
Season 1 of The Story follows Season 1 of Soul Sample on Rebel Radio 92.1, one artist or sound at a time.
A drummer's break, a Bronx block party, and a lawsuit: how sampling began and why it changed music.
D'Angelo, the Soulquarians, and the return of soul to the center of Black music.
How jazz records became hip-hop's secret library, from Herbie Hancock to A Tribe Called Quest.
Rock drums, pop hooks, and the producers who proved hip-hop could sample anything.
Nina Simone: the classical prodigy turned to protest, and the voice hip-hop keeps quoting.
Curtis Mayfield: the Impressions, Curtom, Super Fly, and a message music that never stopped moving.
From the Mississippi Delta to the mic: the blues as hip-hop's first ancestor.
The Jackson 5 years at Motown and the young voice producers still reach for.
A Grand Rapids family on Motown, the songs that made them, and the ballads 2Pac and Biggie built on.
Donny Hathaway, James Brown, and the holiday soul behind "Christmas in Hollis."
C.C. Fisher, known on air as The Soul Professor, created and hosts Soul Sample, a weekly radio show on Rebel Radio 92.1 FM that plays the classic soul record first, then the hip-hop song that sampled it.
Soul Sample: The Story goes deeper: one artist or sound per episode, told as history, with the full records waiting in a Spotify playlist.
Every episode lives on YouTube, podcast apps, and this site long after it's released, so a partnership keeps working week after week.
Your name on every episode of a season, in the intro, the description, and this site.
A host-read message in a single story, matched to your audience.
Season licenses and guest lectures for schools, libraries, and museums.
Source & Sample listening nights and talks.
One email a week: the new story, the playlist, and the records to dig for.