rediwhen (August 20, 2008 at 7:00 am)

Thanks for your reply it was well recieved. Me myself I've worked as a Youth Supervisor for at-risk youth that can't read or write past the second grade level, but the minute they get angered they start quoting from these silly meaningless rap lyric's WORD FOR WORD! So music is very powerful, your own heartbeat will even try to mimic the beat of music (That's been scientifically proven). So again I appreciate your intelligent response and you have a lot of work to do educating these youngsters!

viciousdogproduction (August 20, 2008 at 3:32 am)

Those who merely consume music and dont respect the whole process as a art form in all aspects, aren't going to have a clue anyway, whether the track is sampled, or merely inspired by a classic artist

viciousdogproduction (August 20, 2008 at 3:31 am)

I wouldn't say over 90 percent...I might go with 80 or even 75...because I know plenty of young people who like I do listen to all styles of music and respect the pioneers who paved the way for new sound that's here today. I make my own tracks with samples, and I respect the original songs as a work of art in an of itself in addition to my finished version when I flip the sample. Not everybody's ignorant, but like you said a lot of people are and you are right.

rediwhen (August 19, 2008 at 6:48 am)

No one's hatin on the younger generation it's just that most of the younger generation (about over 90%) don't even take the time to research music let alone the origins of it. These so called rapper's don't even mention in thier sampled music anything about the artists who's music they are sampling. The influence of today's artists has way too much power over the youth of today, so it's not hatin, it;s given respect were it's do and puttin phonies in their place.

viciousdogproduction (August 16, 2008 at 6:52 am)

to all these people who are hating on sampling...YAHH TRICK YAHH. Half of us young people wouldnt even know about these old school artists if they werent sampled because we werent born in the freakin 70s or whatever...sampling is a way to take old art and create something new out of it as well as expose listeners to classic tunes from the past. Dont hate on it.

JacqueSun55 (August 10, 2008 at 1:59 pm)

Speekin of "unknown" artist check out Yusef Lateef, much of his art is being sampled by Nujabes

Tchalla77 (August 9, 2008 at 10:17 am)

Much appreciated JacqueSun55,Glad to know there's someone else out there who shares my concern over (bar a handful of notable exceptions:D'Angelo,Tashan,Ledisi,Blaze,LoKey,Rachelle Farrelle,Raphael Saddiq,Mint Condition) the sadly lamentable state of African-American popular music these past two decades.If I hear another excerpt of a cherished song being slaughtered to the 'bang,crash,wallop' thud of a looped drum beat & masqueraded as 'music' it'll be all too soon!

JacqueSun55 (August 8, 2008 at 9:38 pm)

Thats what I call a quality opinion:-)

tone5nyc (July 30, 2008 at 8:29 pm)

Just to throw a few out there...you can try Cal Tjader, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, The Heath Bros., Idriss Muhammad, Roy Ayers,and the Almighty Pharoah Sanders.

Tchalla77 (July 26, 2008 at 10:29 am)

A guitarist(or any other musician),while no doubt being inspired by other musicians,creates art through their own mastery of said chosen instrument & interaction with other musicians in a unit (band),with the band forming the sum of the parts.The sampler simply takes an element of a recorded piece of work & incorporates it into a programmed drum loop,usually for the purpose of a rap or vocal.There is no case to answer between an authentic musician & someone who plagiarizes others honest work.