Worrying about using old samples and the legal ramifications...

[vurt]

in fact im currently sat, with my pipe n slippers, listening to some underground stuff.

Almost same
Watching Curb Your Enthusiasm
Might sample Suzy

"You bald f**k!"

Im not bald

not you
A sample of her yelling it

i still keep slipping mr jones and his fish people in to everything!
it's become my signature sound.
admittedly, through so much granular nonsense it could be anything, but i know it's there...

[thecontrolcentre]

I just samples the drum break from "Frankenstein" by Edgar Winter. Should I expect the sample police to arrive soon?

[Memsterrr]

There is great music out there. Undoubtedly. And Hip Hop certainly doesn't have a monopoly on great music. But, it's about preferences, and also social impact that is still relevant. How many revolutionaries or revolutionary thinkers has Hip Hop fostered? We're talking in the thousands. Maybe millions if you consider the fanbase that actually took it onboard. How many other genres are still doing that today? Speaking truth to power. Partaking in critical analysis of socially accepted norms? Not many I can think of. Not saying they don't exist, but Hip Hop is probably the only genre that accommodates this aspect at its very forefront, and always will. And that's what makes it the greatest genre.

And if you're one of those dinosaurs who thinks Music shouldn't be about social issues... then I don't know what to say to you. Other than you're delusional.

Ernst Fischer:

In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.

[fmr]

There is great music out there. Undoubtedly. And Hip Hop certainly doesn't have a monopoly on great music. But, it's about preferences, and also social impact that is still relevant. How many revolutionaries or revolutionary thinkers has Hip Hop fostered? We're talking in the thousands. Maybe millions if you consider the fanbase that actually took it onboard. How many other genres are still doing that today? Speaking truth to power. Partaking in critical analysis of socially accepted norms? Not many I can think of. Not saying they don't exist, but Hip Hop is probably the only genre that accommodates this aspect at its very forefront, and always will. And that's what makes it the greatest genre.

If you think Hip-Hop is the seed for revolution, You ARE delusional

[Passing Bye]

Yeah, Bob Marley who…

[elxsound]

The discussion is nice, but yeah... cringe worthy because it was like verbal vomit.

The end result is not bad. Interesting at least.

I don't think it was cringe worthy verbal vomit lol. Why is it that when someone chooses to speak their mind, in an elaborate way it's considered verbal vomit? Should I stick to two liners or a couple of sentences because that's the excepted norm on social media nowadays? . The very reason i stopped posting on social media like Facebook etc. is because everyone is so f**king dumbed down, and it's why I chose forums.

And for the fella who wrote "compose for a change" I'm going to say, piss off 90% of composed music out there today is generic, boring, and they all sound the same. Sampling offers a different landscape, and a better texture if you can flip it right. This is why, to me, Hip Hop will forever be the greatest genre. Especially Hip Hop that uses samples circa 50s - 80s. Imagination > composition.

“Elaborate”

Are you from Portland? The last person. I remember saying Hip Hop was the greatest genre was this guy from Portland who sampled the Beatles. The song was basically 2 sampled sections of A Day In The Life on loop, but sure Hip Hop was the greatest.

That’s what I say cringe worthy. I like hip hop, but then you get these people standing on the shoulders of actual greats claiming they did it better because they looped it, that’s when I’m out.

I think sampling can be amazing but those that I know who’ve done it well at least respect the music they’ve sampled. They also know how to listen to more than just hip hop.

Yeh, you'd be hard-pressed to actually show me a genre that compares though. I'll wait. And don't say techno or anything that sounds like a f**king electric hazard in full effect

My tastes are my tastes. Why judge? Hip Hop to me is the greatest genre, because it represents real things. Real struggles. It reflects the decay of society. What does your music genre do other than pander to the well-adjusted and well-off, and thus alienate many people?

I'm talking about real uncompromising Hip Hop here btw, not that fake shit meandering across the airwaves in the form of trap, or highly commercialised cookie cutter Hip Hop for 16 year old girls.

The texture, style and entire art-form that is true Hip Hop, is second to no other genres. In my view. If you have a problem with that, I could't give the slightest shit.

With that said, I do appreciate other genres from which Hip Hop invariably spawned -- Jazz, Rock, Soul etc. etc. etc. But I don't live in the past, nor care much for what it brought to the table. I deal with the current evolution of music and what it does in bringing people together right now, and whether or not it is creating consciousness on social issues and things akin to that... and Hip Hop, with all its simplicity, truthfulness and grit (again, not that fake shit on the radio), has been carrying that burden almost single handedly in my view. No other genre even comes close when it comes t connecting people, or connecting WITH people. It's about being open-minded enough to actually listen.

But I guess Hip Hop will forever be the forgotten, and neglected child, despite having more talent in its little toe, than all of its other musical siblings combined.

Now cringe please at my directness, passion and obviously annoying vernacular

Now that shows your bias. Who the f**k said anything about techno? You assume to much about the people you’re interacting with.

You’re not really that direct, so definitely not a New Yorker. I’m still going with Portland because this is eerily close to something someone I met had said years ago.

And I’m glad you clarified that it’s your taste because I have no intention of convincing you are anyone that they should like a genre over another. Just don’t be surprised when others can point out the hypocrisy in claiming it’s the greatest when you have to sample other works to make it great.

[fmr]

Just don’t be surprised when others can point out the hypocrisy in claiming it’s the greatest when you have to sample other works to make it great.

^^^ THIS ^^^

[Hink]

hey...I got a question pertaining to Fernando's post...how come this didnt automatically link to this pluggin...what gives?

OMG too funny, Fernando did link

[vurt]

the greatest genre in the history of time, wouldnt have given the world vanilla ice.

[fmr]

hey...I got a question pertaining to Fernando's post...how come this didnt automatically link to this pluggin...what gives?

OMG too funny, Fernando did link

Man... Do I look ugly

[elxsound]

the greatest genre in the history of time, wouldnt have given the world vanilla ice.

--------> What if the one posting is Vanilla Ice?

[Hink]

the greatest genre in the history of time, wouldnt have given the world vanilla ice.

well if eventually a monkey could write the complete work of Shakespeare anything is possible

[elxsound]

the greatest genre in the history of time, wouldnt have given the world vanilla ice.

well if eventually a monkey could write the complete work of Shakespeare anything is possible

Does this have anything to do with that other thread, where everyone is asked to add a few words of Shakespear to complete the piece? That's not the monkey, right?

[thecontrolcentre]

You assume to much about the people you’re interacting with.

You’re not really that direct, so definitely not a New Yorker. I’m still going with Portland because this is eerily close to something someone I met had said years ago.

[Hink]

Infinite monkey theorem
The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type any given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare. In fact, the monkey would almost surely type every possible finite text an infinite number of times.