i used to feel the same way,
but when i went back and listened to stuff like "it takes a nation of millions to hold us back" and "paul's boutique"
and "amerikkka's most wanted" and "breaking atoms"

it changed my mind.

it sounds more like a new record
than an old record.



but instead of having an aranger tell the musicians what to play,
you have an arranger reorganizing the sounds that already
existed on record to create a new composition.





hell... even a record like "licensed to ill" that has
fairly recognizable samples sounds more like
a new record than an old record.


and even when i hear samples i recognize,
i sometimes enjoy hearing them in a new context.