Slovenia's Gramatik Pays Tribute to Aretha Franklin with "Let Me Know The Way"

 Citing Aretha Franklin as one of the most influential artists on his career, producer and DJ Gramatik has sampled the soul icon countless times over the past 15 years with two of his most prominent beats, "In This Whole World" and "I'm Free," sampled from Franklin's legendary discography. Today, Gramatik is paying homage to the recently deceased Franklin with a tribute single "Let Me Know The Way."According to the Slovenian producer and DJ, "Back when I was in 8th grade, I discovered sampling and found out it’s the basis of hip hop production and culture. I was captivated by this art form and she was one of the first artists I sampled in that same week. Over the last 15+ years, I’ve sampled her countless times and learned the craft through sampling her amazing discography. 2 of the most prominent beats of mine with samples of her are “In This Whole World” and “I’m Free”, and even to this day, coincidentally, I made 3 beats last month for SB5 with samples from her songs, this is one of them. She was a force of nature, a voice of a generation and an inspiration to us all. We will miss you dearly, my Queen."