Remember how R&B acts used to do instrumental tracks too?

[BlackAchilles]

The fact that this went by the wayside makes me feel like these current artists ain't real musicians like that ... If thats a drunk uncle take then I'll be that

 

[get these nets]

R&B became less commercially viable for labels as Hip Hop rose. The lines* between the genres got blurred*, and album budgets no longer supported musicians creating songs for projects.
Easier to just jack old records and have somebody sing on top of the stolen samples.

Days of bands jamming for weeks/months to create albums are long gone.

 

[gurf]

I'm a old head, but I didn't hear this shyt until like 99. Blew my damn mind at the time.

Song is officially my summer sunroof open/top down song.

 

[Heafcliffe]

Just "spotified" all dem beeches.

 

[Complexion]

The composition, the groove and the lush live instrumentation made these old jams something else.
They sound like velvet and are so rich. Motion picture ish!









Sampling is one of the best things about hiphop as it made dusty old 12s immortal and introduced them to fresh ears...

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

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[Neo. The Only. The One.]

OP I should neg you for not including

 

[Complexion]

One thing I really dig about the oldies from this era was how all the cliques had their own groove. No universal sound or presets at work, just people being themselves and jamming to create sounds that were them and their honest expressions of talent.

Granted it also marked the beginning of the hit factory production methods that came to dominate the airwaves in the 80s but at least it was still organic and it was the pinnacle of mixing and mastering for me as it was pre-loudness wars where everything was clipped to death.

Bonus points for those hard panned stereo mixes that let you phase cancel and isolate aspects to flip into dope beats that had everyone scratching their heads wondering how you did it.

 

[Clayton Endicott]

 

[Clayton Endicott]

 

[god shamgod]

Sampling is one of the best things about hiphop as it made dusty old 12s immortal and introduced them to fresh ears...

Yup cuz dmx stop being greedy was made off this track

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

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[Bleedin Gums Murphy]

If Michael Jackson made Billie Jean today, the “moonwalk break” would be a quick 12 bars by a guest rapper.

 

[Complexion]

If Michael Jackson made Billie Jean today, the “moonwalk break” would be a quick 12 bars by a guest rapper.

Crazier than that is MJ argued with Jones because he wanted to drop the drums from the intro

That entire bridge/breakdown/vamp that used to be so prevalent in songs, even up until I'd say mid 2000s, is totally gone these days as well as the structure of music changed with its mode of consumption. Things like that made so many dope flips possible and this joint exemplifies that:



Visuals are freaked almost as much as hiphop did to the beat. How many classics did this birth?

 

[Bleedin Gums Murphy]

Crazier than that is MJ argued with Jones because he wanted to drop the drums from the intro

And he tried to rob my man’s of his production credit, and tried to change the title to “Not My Lover”


There’s a reason those two stopped working together, and it’s quite similar to why Mike didn’t want work/tour with his brothers no more. Too much piggyback riding off his hard work.