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2640112, Whatever.
Posted by BSharp, Fri Dec-16-11 09:35 AM
>Let Dilla be Dilla doggie. Hendrix's technical ability is far
>greater than rearranging an already composed piece of music.

Hendrix kicked open the doors of what people could/would do with a guitar. If you can't see a parallel of what Dilla (or other innovators) did with a more contemporary style of music-making, then think a little harder.

>Hendrix fused blues
>with jazz and wrote technically sophisticated song structures
>which he performed uniquely every time he performed, he was
>notorious for never playing the same song twice, meaning,
>every performance yielded a new outcome even though it was the
>same song because he would improvise so much on the spot,
>based on how he felt, what he experienced. There was nothing
>"Arranged" or "Rehearsed" about his sound.. he was a wild man
>with a guitar that was literally on fire. Dilla had some dope
>drum patterns and he knew how to work a chop but you're
>fucking crazy if you think he was on Hendrix level. Dilla
>prolly rolled over in his grave after he heard this post form
>the dead horse.

You're comparing live performance to recording. What a waste...