On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Jon Drukman wrote:
quoted 9 lines At 9:59 PM 6/10/96, Kent Williams wrote:
> At 9:59 PM 6/10/96, Kent Williams wrote:
> >Here's my deep thought for the day: You can't really get anywhere sampling
> >really great shit. That stuff is so intertwined between context and
> >content, it's like trying to whittle pieces off of the trunk of a mahogany
> >tree.
>
> what about public enemy? they seem have to done alright sampling some good
> music.
>
Well, I don't remember their sampling being really overt, in that I can
regognize sources. If you have specifics you want to mention bring 'em on.
And as for De La Soul being a 'novelty' thing, i'd say that they are jokey,
but the music is dead on on 3 ft. Most rap acts get one loop and work
it forever. Prince Paul takes 7 or 8 samples and strings together a
sequence that hangs togother as a new piece of music. As goofy as 'tread
water' is lyrically I can listen to it over and over again. It's also
a cut my 7 year old can do all the lyrics for. Lucas in full effect boyee!
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