fyi, just a few years back, juan atkins played a cutup of cybotron ala missy....and jeff mills, eg, samples a paid in full on shifty disco... examples of the interchange between between hip hop and techno
although, at the moment, i wouldnt spend a buck on kanye's album, one cannot deny that hiphop producers certainly do push technology forward. ps, to all the naysayers of metro area's fabric cd...are you kidding me? On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Arturo Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I certainly think he's a talented lyricist at least, maybe that's why > I expect more. I actually -really- dug the aesthetics of the last > tour, I thought it looked quite badass > http://www.vh1.com/shared/promoimages/news/g/grammys_2008/show/kanye_west/281x211.jpg > http://chicagoist.com/attachments/chicagoist_tankboy/2008_02_kanye_tour.gif > > Yea it's a little derivative of stuff we've probably all seen before, > but it still looks cool as hell imho. If anyone knows who put that > together, I'd love to see some of their other work. > > I can do without all the covers though, I hate cover songs / egregious > sampling quite a bit. Remember Missie and Cybotron from a few years > back? I can do without the hip-hoppers raiding the old techno bins > for hooks. > > -Arturo > > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 6:02 PM, " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> its actually auto tune, what people use to make bad singers in >> key....he uses it despite its originally intended use, which is a very >> techno-esque mentality.... >> >> his beats are tight, he's slightly annoying but immensely talented >> >
