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Its amazing how well some of these samples work together. I am a huge fan of the number 1 choice and can't imagine it working as well without the dialogue of that particular movie

Chuck D

Not much of a fan of this, but I found it pretty cool how Mike Tompkins has recorded himself as the singer, the snare, the violin, and other various instruments and mashed them all together to remix Katy Perry's, "Firework." It reminds me of early hip-hop artist taking samples from different songs to create their own original track. Mike manages to create a  multi person band with only himself. 

The 70's seem to be the decade to sample from

Biggie's music is the epitome of 90s hip hop. The production is unmistakably from an earlier decade, and his style, although smooth, is choppy against the music. Basically, if you don't like 90s hip hop, you won't like Biggie. But he has so much talent, and I think it's great that he lives on through artists who have layered his vocals onto contemporary and relatable music.

This site has some cool attempts to define remix by hip-hop artists.  Plus a remixed speech about remix!

Blog about the theory behind remix. 

Sean "Diddy" Combs took to YouTube, Twitter and Facebook this week to announce the launch of REVOLT TV - a new socially connected music and news-driven cable channel coming to the Comcast-NBC network in 2013. Combs, the founder and CEO of Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group and hip-hop artist, says he wants to connect music makers to music lovers.