
I call it being cheap af
1. The history, being able to connect with producers of the past. DJ'ing/Turntablism is one of the foundations of hip-hop. And don't give me that "Serrato CD scratching" bullshyt, because it sounds nothing like a guy who knows what he's doing on a Tectonic 1200.
2. You already answered your own question, you buy vinyl because labels have been pulling their shyt offline. As Madlib says, "It's getting hard to find the fat plastic, but I got my stacks in case it gets drastic."
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"I can find 99% of samples" no you can't. And you don't crate dig, so how would you even know. You can find a lot of famous samples, or expensive records online. But that's not why I shop for records. There's dollar bin records that nobody knows about that still have heat on them.