>But if you're in to his sound, there's nothing wrong with
>that... you just hear something I don't.

I'm not *that* into his sound.

But I am 'into' a lot of the music that has resulted from his influence and it has forced me to go back and do his work justice. I still am not at ?uesto levels of awe with it, but I understand the fruits based on the tree he established. Theses fruits have spawned new 'genres' that have taken life of their own. That in and of itself is on par with hendrix (note on par not the same). Hendrix redefined a genre. Dilla spawned new ones. So to go back on your question, did he even have to change 'hip-hop'? I contend in a few years 'hip-hop' will have to change itself to account for him and his spawns.

Think about it.

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