>>The instrument of hip-hop = production.
>
>So you're saying that before Dilla there wasn't any emphasis
>on having solid production at the forefront?

Absolutely not. I'm saying that even when it was at the forefront it was still as a supporting role. It's like the basketball assist. The assist itself could be bigger than the shot it spawned, but it's still just an assist. Dilla drove to the basket in a role reserved for the assist. Not the first again, but....

>I think that has more to do with the influence of the internet
>than Dilla.

I can see this point, except for, where are the Pete Rock beattpaes? The Premo beattapes? Etc. Anyone before him could have been in that spot, but it was his work that made it so. Consequential sure, but nonetheless.

>Isn't that the foundation of Hip Hop though? Where the DJ
>(often times the producer) was at the forefront of the music?
>I also don't see the widespread phenomenom you are referring
>to regarding beattapes as a showcase being something new. I
>see cats using the internet to showcase/sell their tracks,
>which makes this aspect of Hip Hop seem more visible BUT cats
>have been showcasing/selling their tracks long before Dilla.

DJ hasn't been at the forefront in a long time. And neither was the producer. GumDrops is right though there are a lot of producers that had more of an impact on the masses. And made a name for themselves that surpassed the artist they worked with, but they were still making assists. Consequentially, Dilla took it a step further.

>>He laid out the blueprint technique for sampling to escape
>the
>>legal realms. <<< This is foreshadowing I won't be debating
>>the point yet.
>
>I would say Premo laid that blueprint before Dilla imo.

You could say Paul C. or The Bomb Squad before that too. But there's something else in what Dilla did. But again I'm not going to talk about this much here.


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