Sampling...
Author: RL
The on-going debate over "Sampling vs Synth" beats is something that will never end. For people who don't think sampling is it's own art form can eat a dick if you ask me. Now that's not to say that making beats from scratch is a bad thing whatsoever, but people who hate on it forget how Hip Hop even began (do your history youngins...).
As much as I'm a fan of Timbaland & Neptunes who rely on keyboards and sometimes live percussion, I also love the work DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Diamond D, and the late J Dilla put in before the era of overused, repetitive sounds of the Trition or Trinity came into play. Well anyways...here's a video where I speak on the issue a bit.
And here's me playin some wonderful taste bud enticers:
