Here is a nice talk by Mark Ronson that covers the history of sampling and how it has influenced modern music. This reminds me a lot of the ideas that Paul D Miller aka DJ Spooky was talking about several years ago.
http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_ronson...music#t-610450
Here are a couple of the talks he mentions near the beginning of the talk:
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_ti...n_through_time
http://www.ted.com/talks/tod_machove...play_new_music
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