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Taking only a tiny bit of the original song and putting in to the beat-makers track.
Sampling in Hip Hop
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Originally Posted by HypeBeast McStreetwear
Man what are you talking about?
People (Beatmaker purists) will tell you to be creative and slice samples into a million pieces but sometimes the record doesn't call for that. If a section of a sample is dope, loop it. Its not a big deal. If you're unable to do anything besides loops then yea, you're wack.
On albums, these samples are keeping food in some of these artists belly anyways.
Agreed.Sometimes I just don't feel like cutting (or chopping) up CERTAIN records because it's a VERY intricate and time consuming thing and you have to kinda plot and plan where you're gonna chop the record (i'm an MPC guy so there's no mouse to click or special programs that auto chop samples for me).
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Producers pay to sample other people's songs, so it can not be thievery. Unless we're talking about songs with samples on mixtapes, which is free music anyway.
I don't even know what that got to do with what I just said.Originally Posted by HypeBeast McStreetwear
Man what are you talking about?
As a producer I have a love hate relationship with sampling. People (Beatmaker purists) will tell you to be creative and slice samples into a million pieces but sometimes the record doesn't call for that. If a section of a sample is dope, loop it. Its not a big deal. If you're unable to do anything besides loops then yea, you're wack.
On albums, these samples are keeping food in some of these artists belly anyways.
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It didn't have anything to do with you said actually. Just a general statement.
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sampling is an art when done properly (Pete Rock, Primo, Damu, Grap, Dilla). Some cats can take a tiny element from ANY genre of music and turn it into something completely diffferent and you can feel the soul they put into it. That takes skill, creativity and most importantly PASSION. Anybody can take a loop and drop a drum beat over it. That's lazy. (looks over to my record collection)
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*flamesuit on* Dilla didn't do much to some of the samples he used
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noted, but it's the combination of samples he used from different records that gave him a unique sound
(I would never flame someone for speaking their mind)
I think this topic can have alot of interesting thoughts expressed if we all keep things civil and open minded. I've been on this site for years and hardly post but this thread popped up in front of me out of nowhere and I'm glad it did. I might finally have something to talk about up in here.
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Nah, you right...
But when he wanted to go in with 2-3 different samples, he was 2nd to none.
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Great doc. For reading, I would recommend chapter 2 from McLeod's book Freedom of Expression http://www.freedomofexpression.us/documents/mcleod-freedomofexpression.pdf
(No copyright infringement here! Book is free under CC.)
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I prefer samples over original beats, mainly because I just like to hear the old soul come out in hip hop.
When done correctly, sampling can be a beautiful thing.
When done correctly, sampling can be a beautiful thing.
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here's another interesting video concerning the use of samples
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A MUST HAVE for every record digger.
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