Lmao at people who believe that.
Hip-hop = sample-based.
Live instrumentation in hip-hop = a way to not get sued, or sued for less money than normal via interpolation vs. straight sampling.
You can talk about live instrumentation all over The Chronic and 2001, but you can still hear "Funky Drummer' and "Impeach the President" and "When the Levee Breaks" and 540353454354 different P-Funk songs. Dre got sued over a sample in "Let's Get High" off of 2001 and both "The Next Episode", "Bar One", and "Still DRE" have samples that are fairly obvious to any crate-digger.
The same thing applies to Count Bass-D, except he probably has a little bit more liberty because he doesn't have to worry about getting sued.
Of course they're going to claim they don't sample or keep that shit quiet. You see how that lawsuit wrecked Truth Hurts's album? Or how lawsuits fucked Biz Markie, De La Soul, and Public Enemy? Peep DJ Premier's rant at the end of Gang Starr's "Royalty". Crate-diggers are closemouthed motherfuckers for a reason. The rest of the world still doesn't understand hip-hop, of course they have to lie, because walls have ears and will fuck up your money.
- Dr. Dre samples
- Mannie Fresh samples
- Pimp C samples
- Organized Noize samples
- Outkast samples
- P Diddy samples
- ?uestlove from the Roots samples
- The Neptunes sample
- Timbaland samples
That's the definition of hip-hop. Sampling does not make you special in hip-hop. Rapping was invented after looping breaks. It's 2005, no one should have to continue to derail threads like this.
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Anyone know what the vocal sample in the 3-6 joint is saying?