Why is sampling held in such high regards?

[laflame]

I haven’t checked this show out yet but as a producer this is such a beautiful illustration of the art of sampling

 

[Mike Wins]

Most time sampling is used as a crutch. Especially how Dr. dre and puff did it. I've literally seen beat makers get mad at others for flipping a sample they did as if they made the beat.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[head shots101]

I don't even want to know what the original "song cry" sample.sound like

It’s dope…. Just chopped that shyt well

Thread starter probably born in the 00s

 

[vdfebduderocks]

Sampling can be an art when done right. Especially when it freshens up the sampled song. Puff and others kinda made a mockery of it, but if done right it's very artful.

 

[010101]

it opens the door

a person may not be able to compose/read/write music on a genius level

but they can recognize genius

it's got its positive & negative

as i said it opened the door for more people to get involved

it may have also made folks lazy as shyte

& thus it's an absolute drought of original work

folks just taking from the wealth of classics available

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[mykey]

Here's your answer OP
R&B and Soul is the secret kryptonite to Hip Hop culture vultures

 

[Atsym Sknyfs]

inner city kids didnt have band class... we didnt have access to instruments... but we all had records

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

Cause it’s literally the essence of hip hop. You answered your question with your opening sentence lol. Originally is praised but at the end of the day dopeness is praised more than musicianship in hip hop.

nikkas simply don’t care if you played the keys, made the baseline yourself or sampled it, etc…They truly don’t give a fukk about none of that shyt. Only other producers appreciate that type of shyt. Do it sound good? That’s all they care about.

You only gonna have people giving a fukk when it comes to money, and then that’s gonna be the artist, not the public. Artist will seek out or appreciate original compositions more for publishing/royalty and clearance reasons.

The era the people consider the golden era was a very sample based era. So a lot of people resent not original beats, but beats that don’t have that sound they think is the classic hop hop sound. When fruity loops came out the older heads in the producing community was having heart attacks and shyt. They don’t like the digtal style beats. Analog ass nikkas. So sample based beats always gonna be held in higher regard.

 

[Capitol]

Playing with another man's instrument... might as well call them daddy

Whats wrong with yall

 

[kt773]

Sampling may seem easy but it takes such a precise ear and skill, especially back then. You need the new drums to compliment the ones in the sample, you've got to work around the limitations of the hardware by sampling at twice the speed, the bitcrush creating its own aura, the 808s, filtering, the swing of the machine and your own groove...

The list is endless but if you know, you know. Modern beatmaking is way easier as there is so much more room and resources. Back then it was all chopping bits and pieces of tech together to create a new sound and in the same process breathing new life into old records and artists people otherwise would never know.

Its one of them things that may seem easy and uncreative until you actually try it for yourself and then you get that rush when a break fits perfectly with some chops and the end result is spectacular.

You know what I also think it is? The rise of beat making on computers, 9th wonder eventually moved to a drum machine most of these copy and paste computer producers don’t , also sooooooo many easy looking best making videos on you tube, has the public fooled…..basically everything you said lol

 

[Complexion]

You know what I also think it is? The rise of beat making on computers, 9th wonder eventually moved to a drum machine most of these copy and paste computer producers don’t , also sooooooo many easy looking best making videos on you tube, has the public fooled…..basically everything you said lol

The rise of computer production, cracked software and plugins definitely had a lot to do with it. Before you'd get one main piece of hardware, study it inside out and make it sing. There were nuances and subtlety you had to dig to find out and work within the constraints that pushed creativity to its limits. Sure it was a bytch but she birthed inspiration, repeatedly. The point and click era saw people just shovel on presets, premade patches, loops etc.. and made the barrier to entry too low so everyone thinks they can make a beat. Throw in AI structuring and the Formula and you've got everything sounding the same.

The net just added to the half cooked beats pushed out because gone are the days of working on track in the lab for as long as it took to get it right. Now its just on to the next one and you hear so much that could've been so much more. On the flip you also hear stuff thats way overproduced as well.

Its odd how chewing gum like music has become with an intense hit but no replayability beyond bumping your gums.

 

[producingfire]

Because the genre began with the use of sampling. It's like asking why your great grandparents are held in regard family wise. It's a roots and ancestral thing. Sampling paved the way for today.

 

[BuddahMAC]

It's making music itself the instrument and should never be discounted for the revelation it was, is and will continue to be.

 

[Corndog]

This thread is a bad look