> All of a sudden, they were recycling the shitty 80's >shit I grew up with *and* hated. Oh yeah, the recycling of >previously proved samples in *hip-hop* is another issue...
Ennh, I can still rock to anything with a Funky Drummer sample. One of my all time fave drum breaks, but point taken.
> >basically, the idea that hip-hop beats was this magic thing >that were NOT just dope on it's *own* terms but also gave you >a reason to go digging and finding out stuff was ruined here, >replaced with 80's pop (and rap) nostalgia and rap recycling >that struck me as every bit as airhead as the "Grease"/"happy >dyas" nostalgia I grew up with.
exactly. ((insert)) was a hit, so let's sample that for the main groove. Selling memories, basically.
> >And btw, whiteys infatuation with the underground in this >*exact* era is quite teling... Seriously, someone should write >a story...
Agreed.
Word Salad over crazy beats became in vogue for no reason other than "it's underground, not that jiggy shit."