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I feel that there is nothing wrong with sample heavy production. Some say real producers don’t sample; I say that’s BS. The same way producers sample and make a wack track is the same way producers make an original track that sucks balls. It’s about creativity. You can use a played out 808 but make it hot. And you can flip samples that have been used a million times and still make it hot (Just Blaze on “kingdom come” anyone!?). When Kanye and Just were use the chipmunk soul samples it was hot. Shit even the heatmakerz were. But when every nigga wit a computer was speeding up a loop it got wack. So they found something new. Original production gets stale too. Look at Timbo’s catalog. This dude was churning out beats that sounded the same for years. Kinda like Stargate( I see u T). It just has to stay creative. That is why people consider Dilla the holy grail of standards. He looped shit that was half a second long over a 10 sec loop and cut in some random shit. And it was crisp. Not all cluttered. He knew what could fit where and how. CREATIVITY!! That’s what it’s about. You can have any equipment of just use your pc/mac, just make that shit hot.

**shout to the Neptune’s for the spacey shit, for a minute they ran shit and it was beautiful.

So, the blogger from out west, Brillyance, has stated several times that the best rapper in the game is Common. I have no problem with such (I say Jay 1, Com 2). He is at the height of his career after 15, 16 some odd years in a game where longevity isn’t a guarantee by any stretch. Between acting and shredding the mic I might agree with my westcoast brethren. With his latest effort being such a smash (Be is better btw) and starring in BIG movies Common has the perfect crossover appeal. Not to mention he has one Mr. Kanye West on his side. He keeps his rhymes mega fresh with an added mass appeal, which is a fine line between the proverbial “keepin it real” artist and super “sellout”. I think Be keeps it realer but Finding Forever is no slouch. Maybe now we can see Electric Circus in a better light, because it was nice, just different (a la the Love Below).

*music links coming soon

**Eff Alnaly and Jalea in the A for seein Com last night and Ye with his guest appearance.

While Dilla past away two years ago as of Sunday, I didn’t want to do the post. I wanted to wait. It’s weird how when people die their legacy is held in a new regard. Making them waaaaayyyy more relevant then when they were living (read 2pac); same thing for Mr. J Dilla. I always knew of and appreciated him. And I’m happy that people are recognizing that he is the best hip-hop producer of all-time. It’s just sad that it took an untimely death for him to be held to such esteem (again read 2pac). So this is to Jay Dee may you rest in peace.

**My fav tracks off Donuts: ‘Time: The Donut of The Heart‘ and ‘The Last Donut of The Night‘
***2DBZ put up quite the tribute to Dilla, as well as Aliya Ewing of HHDX.