In conversation with SoulCulture TV in London, prolific Hip Hop producer Just Blaze explains: The remix became a marketing tool and a BDS [Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems] spin generator, [which calculates multi-platform airplay figures] so the artform got taken out of it and the dollars got put into it If you change the beat, the computers that run BDS dont pick it up as the same song. So the whole point is to get more spins
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