Why haven't Hip Hop producers started sampling obscure West African beats?

[Gallo]

You can't tell me Swizz Beats wouldn't make a fire beat with a drum sample from here...

 

[mr x]

 

[illadope]

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

Madlib been doing this....

Check out "Beat Konducta in Africa".

 

[CakeEater]

 

[ReggieFlare]

Fela Tha DON

 

[DaveyDave]

when i heard the K'naan Messengers Fela Kuti joint and this mixtape



i thought the same thing

 

[Wepa Man]

 

[ThaRealness]

Nah this shyt isnt a joke though. The possibilities for sampling are endless

 

[illadope]

Nah this shyt isnt a joke though. The possibilities for sampling are endless

Ehhhhh I dont hear anything id sample in this song.

 

[ThaRealness]

Ehhhhh I dont hear anything id sample in this song.

Yeah definitely not this particular song. But Madlib's brother Oh No did an entire album just sampling Ethiopian Jazz. And that shyt was fire.

I think Afrobeat would provide better source material then african roots or whatever

 

[ThaRealness]

Anyways this track is dank

 

[illadope]

Yeah definitely not this particular song. But Madlib's brother Oh No did an entire album just sampling Ethiopian Jazz. And that shyt was fire.

I think Afrobeat would provide better source material then african roots or whatever

Well yeah I could sample Etho Jazz all day too. This is just...idk something Timbaland would do and it would sound corny to me.

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

You can definitely work some samples from this...

 

[ThaRealness]

Well yeah I could sample Etho Jazz all day too. This is just...idk something Timbaland would do and it would sound corny to me.

Im talking more about the funky afro-fusion shyt from the 1970s. Alot of hidden gems on youtube..

But even the traditional stuff could work given the right context. I mean Kanye used an African chant on Power