music is music, sampled or original. obviously it takes more talent to create an entirely new piece of music, but sampling has its own difficulties too. i respect a producer who does either, its all about how well its done. like the nas said "no ideas original, its never what you do, but how its done"
its cool to take a sample and make a good beat with it. thats the whole concept of art, taking something and making it into something new and interesting. i agree with the producers saying sampling is the highest form of flattery. when it comes down to it, your taking someone elses work and making it into music for a whole new group of people to enjoy. its also keeping that persons legacy alive. obviously not for the casual fan, but someone like me, who learned about lord finesse thru mac miller using the kool aid and frozen pizza beat (before the legal shyt).
and everybody samples in some way or another. even the people who are being sampled (mostly artists in the 50s-90s) used music they heard in their music. whether it be a piano riff, portion of a guitar solo, drum pattern, whatever. nobody is an "original" in the truest sense of the word. any innovation in science and art is based on making something better.
but yeah lets blame is all on hip hop producers
Look at Motown's catalog (Hundreds of versions of the same song); Beatles and Elvis; Lyrics and Melodies were taken; I don't see their artistry questioned, just the rap producers.
