30 Years of DMG Clearances: The Albums

2026 marks the 30th anniversary of DMG Clearances, Inc., the company created by “Queen of Sample Clearances” Deborah Mannis-Gardner that has since grown into the go-to destination for global music rights clearances. Over the past three decades, Deborah and her team have worked to clear samples for thousands of albums, including some of the most commercially and critically successful hip-hop records of all time. Below is just a small sampling of the albums that Deborah helped bring to the world.

J. Cole – The Fall-Off — 2/6/2026
Tyler, the Creator – Don’t Tap the Glass — 7/21/2025
Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out — 7/11/2025
Justin Bieber – Swag — 7/11/2025
Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia — 10/28/2024
LL Cool J – The Force — 9/6/2024
Doechii – Alligator Bites Never Heal — 8/30/2024
John Legend – My Favorite Dream — 8/30/2024
Eminem – The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce) — 7/12/2024
Megan Thee Stallion – Megan — 6/28/2024
Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter — 3/29/2024
Various – The Color Purple – Music From And Inspired By — 12/15/2023
Drake – For All the Dogs — 10/6/2023
De La Soul – Stakes Is High (streaming release) — 3/24/2023
De La Soul – 3 Feet High And Rising (streaming release) — 3/3/2023
Drake & 21 Savage – Her Loss — 11/4/2022
DJ Khaled – God Did — 8/26/2022
Danger Mouse & Black Thought – Cheat Codes — 8/12/2022
Eminem – Curtain Call — 8/5/2022
Drake – Honestly, Nevermind — 6/17/2022
Drake – Certified Lover Boy — 9/3/2021
Tyler, the Creator – Call Me If You Get Lost — 6/25/2021
DMX – Exodus — 5/28/2021
Nicki Minaj – Beam Me Up Scotty (streaming release) — 5/14/2021
DJ Khaled – Khaled Khaled — 4/30/2021
The Killers – Imploding The Mirage — 8/21/2020
Logic – No Pressure — 7/24/2020
Pop Smoke – Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon — 7/3/2020
Lady Gaga – Chromatica — 5/29/2020
Lil Wayne – Funeral — 1/31/2020
Eminem – Music To Be Murdered By — 1/17/2020
Little Brother – May The Lord Watch — 8/20/2019
DJ Khaled – Father of Asahd — 5/17/2019
Tyler, the Creator – Igor — 5/17/2019
Eminem – Kamikaze — 8/31/2018
Nicki Minaj – Queen — 8/10/2018
Drake – Scorpion — 6/29/2018
Pusha T – Daytona — 5/25/2018
Eminem – Revival — 12/15/2017
Fergie – Double Dutchess — 9/22/2017
The Killers – Wonderful Wonderful — 9/22/2017
Jay-Z – 4:44 — 6/30/2017
Faith Evans And The Notorious B.I.G. – The King & I — 5/19/2017
De La Soul – And The Anonymous Nobody… — 8/26/2016
Schoolboy Q – Blank Face LP — 7/8/2016
Rick Ross – Black Market — 12/4/2015
Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) — 9/25/2015
Various – Southpaw (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture) — 7/24/2015
Jedi Mind Tricks – The Thief And The Fallen — 6/2/2015
Raekwon – Fly International Luxurious Art — 4/28/2015
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly — 3/16/2015
Rick Ross – Hood Billionaire — 11/24/2014
Various – Shady XV — 11/24/2014
Teyana Taylor – VII — 11/4/2014
Jhené Aiko – Souled Out — 9/9/2014
The Roots – …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin — 5/19/2014
Rihanna – Unapologetic — 11/19/2012
Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city — 10/22/2012
Slaughterhouse – Welcome To Our House — 8/28/2012
Rick Ross – God Forgives • I Dont — 7/30/2012
Will.I.Am – #Willpower — 4/19/2012
The Roots – Undun — 12/6/2011
Rihanna – Talk That Talk — 11/18/2011
Bad Meets Evil – Hell: The Sequel — 6/13/2011
Jennifer Lopez – Love? — 4/29/2011
Snoop Dogg – Doggumentary — 3/29/2011
Ghostface Killah – Apollo Kids — 12/21/2010
The Black Eyed Peas – The Beginning — 11/26/2010
Rihanna – Loud — 11/12/2010
The Roots – How I Got Over — 6/22/2010
Eminem – Recovery — 6/18/2010
Cypress Hill – Rise Up — 4/20/2010
Meth • Ghost • Rae – Wu-Massacre — 3/30/2010
Snoop Dogg – Malice N Wonderland — 12/8/2009
Kid Sister – Ultraviolet — 11/17/2009
Amerie – In Love & War — 11/3/2009
Mariah Carey – Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel — 9/29/2009
Kristinia DeBarge – Exposed — 7/28/2009
The Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D — 6/3/2009
Eminem – Relapse — 5/19/2009
Method Man & Redman – Blackout! 2 — 5/19/2009
T.I. – Paper Trail — 9/30/2008
Nas – Nas — 7/15/2008
The Roots – Rising Down — 4/28/2008
Snoop Dogg – Ego Trippin — 3/11/2008
Cheri Dennis – In And Out Of Love — 11/13/2007
Jagged Edge – Baby Makin’ Project — 9/25/2007
Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad — 5/31/2007
Redman – Red Gone Wild: Thee Album — 3/27/2007
Ghostface Killah – More Fish — 12/12/2006
Eminem – The Re-Up — 12/4/2006
Snoop Dogg – Tha Blue Carpet Treatment — 11/21/2006
The Game – Doctor’s Advocate — 11/14/2006
Shareefa – Point Of No Return — 10/24/2006
J-Shin – All I Got Is Love — 9/26/2006
Chingy – Hoodstar — 9/19/2006
Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor — 9/19/2006
N.O.R.E – Y La Familia… Ya Tú Sabe — 9/12/2006
Method Man – 4:21… The Day After — 8/29/2006
The Roots – Game Theory — 8/29/2006
DMX – Year Of The Dog… Again — 8/1/2006
The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley a.k.a. Mr. Biggs – Baby Makin’ Music — 5/9/2006
Rihanna – A Girl Like Me — 4/10/2006
Ghostface Killah – Fishscale — 3/28/2006
T.I. – King — 3/28/2006
The Notorious B.I.G. – Duets (The Final Chapter) — 12/20/2005
Damian Marley – Welcome to Jamrock — 9/12/2005
Teairra Marí – Roc-A-Fella Records Presents Teairra Marí — 8/2/2005
Jaguar Wright – Divorcing Neo 2 Marry Soul — 7/12/2005
Fat Joe – All Or Nothing — 6/14/2005
Bobby Valentino – Bobby Valentino — 4/26/2005
Ashanti – Concrete Rose — 12/14/2004
Ludacris – The Red Light District — 12/7/2004
T.I. – Urban Legend — 11/30/2004
Snoop Dogg – R & G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece — 11/16/2004
Eminem – Encore — 11/12/2004
Ja Rule – R.U.L.E. — 11/9/2004
Jin – The Rest Is History — 10/19/2004
Lyfe Jennings – Lyfe 268-192 — 8/17/2004
Erick Sermon – Chilltown, New York — 6/22/2004
Jadakiss – Kiss Of Death — 6/22/2004
Method Man – Tical 0: The Prequel — 5/18/2004
Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album — 4/20/2004
Janet Jackson – Damita Jo — 3/30/2004
Ja Rule – Blood in My Eye — 11/4/2003
Wyclef Jean – The Preacher’s Son — 11/4/2003
Ludacris – Chicken-N-Beer — 10/7/2003
DMX – Grand Champ — 9/16/2003
Lumidee – Almost Famous — 6/24/2003
702 – Star — 3/25/2003
Busta Rhymes – It Ain’t Safe No More… — 11/26/2002
Fat Joe – Loyalty — 11/12/2002
Curtis Hanson with Eminem – “8 Mile” — 11/6/2002
Coolio – El Cool Magnifico — 10/15/2002
Ruff Ryders – Ryde Or Die Vol. III – In The “R” We Trust — 12/18/2001
De La Soul – AOI: Bionix — 12/4/2001
Fat Joe – Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) — 12/4/2001
Angie Stone – Mahogany Soul — 10/16/2001
Jadakiss – Kiss Tha Game Goodbye — 8/7/2001
Da Beatminerz – Brace 4 Impak — 7/31/2001
Capone -N- Noreaga – The Reunion — 11/21/2000
Shyne – Shyne — 9/26/2000
De La Soul – Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump — 8/8/2000
Ruff Ryders – Ryde Or Die Vol. II — 7/4/2000
Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis — 6/27/2000
Carl Thomas – Emotional — 4/18/2000
Pimpadelic – Southern Devils — 4/18/2000
Black Rob – Life Story — 3/7/2000
The Notorious B.I.G. – Born Again — 12/7/1999
Method Man & Redman – Blackout! — 9/28/1999
Noreaga – Melvin Flynt – Da Hustler — 8/24/1999
Chris Rock – Bigger & Blacker — 7/13/1999
Macy Gray – On How Life Is — 7/1/1999
Prince Paul – A Prince Among Thieves — 2/23/1999
Redman – Doc’s Da Name 2000 — 12/8/1998
98° – 98° And Rising — 10/20/1998
Noreaga – N.O.R.E. — 7/7/1998
Public Enemy – He Got Game — 4/28/1998
Hurricane G – All Woman — 9/16/1997
Coolio – My Soul — 8/26/1997
Lost Boyz – Love, Peace & Nappiness — 6/17/1997
U2 – Pop — 3/3/1997
Ghostface Killah – Ironman — 10/29/1996
Various – America Is Dying Slowly — 6/25/1996
Mona Lisa – 11-20-79 — 6/11/1996
De La Soul – Buhloone Mind State — 9/21/1993