On the beat side of things (and I know this might be weird), but if you're going to rap over a "T.R.O.Y."-like beat, you might as well rap over the Pete Rock version.

I have NO problem w/ people flipping the same samples, but I'm not big on going thru the trouble of re-arranging/chopping a sample(s) just to make it sound like a beat already out there. What's the point? And almost w/o fail, the re-done beat always sounds cheaper.....a flawed copy.

On the rapping side of things, I think because hip-hop is such a lyric-heavy genre in which vocals are mostly spoken/rapped, it doesn't leave much room for reinterpretation in comparison to other genres in regards to their covers. It's hard to make a rap-cover stand out from the original, imo, because if it's a straight cover lyrically, you're just reciting.



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I don't like the beat anymore because its just a loop. ALC didn't FLIP IT ENOUGH!

Flip it enough? Flip these. Flip off. Go flip some f*cking burgers.(c)Kno

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