"Try to EQ it out, and if all else fails, layering your drums over it can produce some great results"
Bingo. Haha, I usually make my drum pattern to work along with the samples drums. Two reasons, I don't use the filters on my MPC (often) so I hear the full effect of the drums while making the beat, and two, because if you get it right it sounds waaaaaay better when your pattern isn't confilcting the original drums.
