Thats what I mean by ownership of the beat!

Funny thing is, sometimes, when your sound is established it dont take much to make somethin uniquely ur own. Fcourse theres years and years of groundwork to get to that point, but thats another post...

Take Premier for example, urbody knows his drumwork from the jump, and that alone is a stamp of uniqueness to me. Add to that babycuts, that planet phatt bass he uses and youve got a formula that stays HIS no matter what break he chooses as the melodic line, and how chopped it is...

I love the 2nd Childhood beat, and I only recently found out that its a straight break, only thing he did was pitch it down. BUT, he still got all the other elements that are HIS.

Hell, I wouldnt be able to shake that beat even if it was just two breaks combined... Thats one of the few cases where I just hafta give up on my rules lol...