Word. Dilla was a genius at flippin/choppin samples. Dude could flow too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-oLqMwzvBY
Dilla got that sound that u could bump in the crib, in the whip, and in the club. Dr. Dre bit off of Dilla a few times. And Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis didn't give my nigga credit...
Rappers:
Elzhi
Blu
Phonte
Doom
Nas
Talib Kweli
Guilty Simpson
Jay Dee/J Dilla
Pharoahe Monch
Styles P.
Groups:
A Tribe Called Quest
Slum Village
UGK
People Under the Stairs
The Roots
Little Brother
Public Enemy
N.W.A
Gangstarr
Wu-Tang Clan
Songs:
Slum Village- Players
Jaylib- The Official...
True. Growing up I thought Wayne was the weak link of Cash Money, excluding Birdman. I thought he was biting off of Juve a lil bit when he named his album 500 Degreez.
Kev Brown is dope, my dude. He studied that Dilla/Pete Rock style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHOXXsu4ehc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADckSFtMnZQ
Not anymore. He on his revolutionary shit and thats wuz up, but his beat selections is kinda wack and he gets too left field sometimes talkin bout resurrecting aborted babies to start an army. Like wtf? How can I relate to some shit like that.