In conversation with SoulCulture TV in London, prolific Hip Hop producer Just Blaze explains that the remix became a marketing tool and a BDS [Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems] spin generator, [which calculates multi-platform airplay figures] so the art form got taken out of it and the dollars got put into it.

If you change the beat, the computers that run BDS don’t pick it up as the same song. So the whole point is to get more spins. Watch Just Blaze rundown the full explanation…

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