"Sampling laws blew up the south"

[BrothaZay]

Not unity, not "a unique sound", not "out of the trunk hustle mentality"...Just sampling laws. That's it. Keyboard beats are cheap, easy, and disposable. There are no strings attached to them. No natural warmth underneath the digital, just a synth sheet to go over a bed of bass.
This is not a hate status, this is a "think about it" status.
2 facts:
1.I was born in the south
2.I didn't write a single rhyme until I lived in Texas.

Think about it. East Coast (jazz/rock) AND West Coast (funk/soul) hip hop were both sample based. Down south rap didn't really have the same musical roots as the other subgenres. It's the first hip hop subgenre that's based upon an era in hip hop. It's basically early 1980s NYC electro-dance rap with better equipment, harder subject matter, and an accent.
The labels saw an untapped resource and they pounced on the opportunity.
They wouldn't have to worry about anybody talking about politics, much. The conscious to dumb nikka ratio is off down there...so that's two birds with one stone. Dumb nikkas down and make cheap ass Casio 808 synth beats popular. NICE.

 

[Fmju]

What about the Blues? You can hear the struggle in a lot of southern rappers music

 

[WheresWallace]

Very interesting point. Couple this with the fact that ring tones created a new avenue to sell music so artist from the south were making money hand over fist without having to pay for sample clearances.

 

[Danny Up]

LOL@sampling laws. The South came to prominence in the bad boy sample happy era. shyt when the hell did nikkas even stop sampling and outright beat jacking?

 

[boskey]

Complete bullshyt.

 

[Wacky D]

no limit blew the south up, and they were sampling they ass off.

 

[28 Gramz]

fukk outta here. Three Six Mafia, Kast, 8Ball & MJG, UGK, Geto Boys, Master P etc..were all using hella samples just like everybody else in the early-mid 90's. Southern producers are just better at making original beats.

 

[Arcavian]

No limit sampled so much shyt


those quotes were written by someone who doesn't actually listen to the music.

 

[BrothaZay]

No limit only blew up because they were scamming sales on records. nikkas made that double scan hustle pop really nice

"out the trunk down home hustle" my ass. Scan one soundscan code, get 10 sales.

 

[jmspro]

1991. Sampling is every region my dude.

 

[Wacky D]

I don't know if the bar code thing is true, but what I do know is that no limit had a serious national movement that brought the south to the forefront. people that wasn't even listening to south music were walking around with random no limit cds. sometimes you just gotta be there to speak on it homie. niccas was packing arenas on the east coast. that was unheard of at the time and still is virtually unheard of.

and whether or not the bar code thing is true, it doesn't matter. most of these labels buy a ton of their own artists' records. hell, drake got caught in the act on camera when crookz n castles was purchasing all his chit. and that was just a few years ago, and nobody says nothing. but when it comes to a black-owned company like no limit, they riddle it with scandal. go figure.

 

[L&HH]

and whether or not the bar code thing is true, it doesn't matter. most of these labels buy a ton of their own artists' records. hell, drake got caught in the act on camera when crookz n castles was purchasing all his chit. and that was just a few years ago, and nobody says nothing. but when it comes to a black-owned company like no limit, they riddle it with scandal. go figure.

link this up, what was this about?

 

[kingdizzy01]

the modern southern/trap sound and the new orleans bounce sound came from miami bass music, which came from electro hip hop shyt (planet patrol, afrika bambattyboy). southern producers been sampling blues records since early 90's tho

 

[Long Live The Kane]

link this up, what was this about?

The dude that runs Crooks and Castles is Drake's homie and bought like 30 copies of his album to pass out to his employees



It's so sinister


And as already said, this thread is nonsense...not only did the south sample extensively back in the day...NYC acts like DMX blew up and sold like 5million records off the strength of Dame Grease and Swizz Beatz keyboard beats around the same time shyt switched up

 

[Da King]

The dude that runs Crooks and Castles is Drake's homie and bought like 30 copies of his album to pass out to his employees



It's so sinister

His album sold million+, buying a couple hundred album here and there to pass out not going to make a fukking difference