Thanks for being civil about it... I am known to be an overly defensive person... My apologies for that...
As far as Jibran goes, I am not responsible or accountable for his actions.
I do have questions about your post... I must also admit, again, that I am not familiar with Madlib, Quaimoto, or David Axelrod.. However, I am eager to learn and listen...
Disclaimer: I don't listen to the radio or watch music videos, etc. At this time, I have little interest/knowledge in/of mainstream-anything.
1. You state that my comments were personal attacks. I attacked the comment and its foundation, not you as a person or artist. How, then, have I attacked you personally?
2. I have no idea why you put my works and/or style/method at an extreme end of a spectrum. I loop/sample/chop/replay samples from cassette, reel to reel, 8 track, records, beating on the table, beatbox, cd, mp3, ETC x infinity...
Please understand that I am not trying to complicate your thread. My intent is to foster some clarification about this topic.
If you say that there exists a spectrum of Hip Hop production method/styles, one person cannot be pinned down to a single portion of it (ESPECIALLY one who has not yet been published, such as myself)....
Trust me, the sheer simplicity and beauty of a looped "classic" style sample, just floors me... My favorite Hip Hop is from that "school of thought"...Look at DJ Premier... Is he at one end of it, too? At the same time, it isn't that easy to flip a sample in such an elegant way. I wish to learn!!!!
I also want to be original (which, according to you, I am not)... I am not just going to say I disagree. You must admit that you are wrong. Every individual, and their works, are original. Bob Dylan, for example covered songs that were hundrereds of years old, in a new way (Regardless of good/bad)... It's fact, not opinion.
Next thing I want to cover is method.. Please don't tell me that my music will suck just because of the tools I use (So, I don't use an SP-1200. Last time I checked, I couldn't afford one)... A man can water his garden with a either a hose, bucket, or watering can (or any combination)... I still just don't see any point in casting someone down based on the tool(s) they use (reason or ANY other "tool")... If I could beatbox like Doug E Fresh and Rahzel, I would, but I'd still be tempted to try other ways to birth my art...
Okay... I'll stop rambling... All the best... Hopefully, we understand eachother, to some extent now....
Thanks for the brain workout,
Joshua
style that colgs most of the mainstream airwaves.
