>sampling are actually at the same level and skill set as
>those who made the original....
>
>sampling is fine, but people acting like kanye west is a
>musician, producer, or composer of the same ilk as those who
>did it with real musicians is just foolish..
>

i've never really heard a strong argument for why beatmaking is an inferior form of musicianship. its easy to simply assert that someone who builds a track off of samples is "less talented" or whatever you want to say than someone who plays traditional instruments. they both make original music by manipulating various inputs vis a vis their respective instruments and create a certain unique output. what do you want to point to that makes one on a different "level" than the other?