I just wanted to know what my fellow producers thought of sampling instruments such as kicks and snares from modern rap beats instead of sampling from vynil
The only reason that people prefer the vinyl is because of the dirt and warmness that comes from that. My preference is whatever sounds good to you! **** what everyone else says! Does it move you, is the only thing that you have to deal with!
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I don't think theres too much wrong with taking kicks and snares from new songs. The only problem happens when people take sounds from a neptunes (or any other producer) beat and then proceed to make knock-off neptunes beats. To me thats a no-no.