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I feel that a lot of the peeps have gotten the wrong idea from ?uest's post, but I understand what he's saying.
First of all, hip-hop is based on four elements, one of which is the art of deejaying. This whole art form is based on taking other people's shit and making it your own, making it even phatter than the original piece. And, if you recall, the first huge success hip-hop ever had was the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight," which straight jacked the bassline from Chic's "Good Times."
My question is, why hate on Jay Dee for doing what he does? First of all, when homeboy samples, he's fulfilling hip-hop's most important aspect: creativity. If anyone of us could create HALF as good a piece of music (read: genius) as he does with bits and pieces of old albums, we wouldn't be wasting our time talking shit about a brother doing his thing.
This says nothing of his and the other Soulquarians' ability. I mean, LISTEN for God's sake! The modern sense of what music / hip-hop is has dulled a lot of our senses to true artistry. When I listen to the music they create, I hear and feel every intricate drum pattern, keyboard manipulation, guitar chord, etc. It takes much talent to get busy the way these brothers do, and to simply write them off as being "dull and repetitive" is ignorance, plain and simple.
Keep up the tightness, Soulquarians.
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