manufactured? nope. not one bit. IMHO, ?uest is the undisputed king of the live breakbeat (real drums-not machine). Granted, sometimes I feel fooled when I listen to Illadelph Halflife (not enough cymbal crashing); but then I think of the skill it takes to create a beat like that consisently on a real drum set, and I can really appreciate what Ahmir is trying to do: FOOL ALL OF Y'ALL hahahahaha!<P>One world, many minds.<P>Framamind<BR>(the okp formerly known as eD)<BR>SPAS accredited<P>Support okayfam! pick up 'The AutNoyz Project' cd (featuring Ya Ya) at mp3.com<BR><a href="http://www.mp3.com/artists/60/autnoyz.html" target="_blank">http://www.mp3.com/artists/60/autnoyz.html<;/a><P>"it aint no settling in my settling down, settling ends in settlements, see we should---be suttle, how we a team, but never<BR> been in a huddle?" - P!<P>"Our so-called leaders speak/with words they try to jail ya/they subjugate the meek/but it's the rhetoric of failure"<P>"Youngbloods can't spell but they can rock you at playstation..."- Mos Def<P>"Well, of COURSE everything looks bad if you remember it!" -Homer Simpson<P>"...Nick is superhumanhiphophead!!"-MBclassick

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