I honestly don't keep up with most new rap. The internet's endless sea of music drowned me a few years ago.

If it can't hold up to the standard that G-Funk and Organized Noize set in the mid-to-late 90's, I probably won't be able to fuck with it.

Ironically, I fuck with a lot of the simpler sample-based beats that sound like they could've been played live. The fact that the melody could've came from a 1981 electronic LP has always been dope to me. Shit like the "We Here" beat off the Illa J album, for example.

Kraftwerk drums
LA Express synth
A "simple" bassline

I don't know, that shit is just nuts. I guess it's all in the ear. Plus I'm a record nerd, so you already know I'm repping for the samples!