I made more off of sampled beats in 2004 that went on albums that went on to sale a few thousand units indie than some dudes make off composed beats on top 40 records in 2012. TRUE STORY. It's funny how people say they don't wanna sample anymore because of how things are split. Labels are broke these days, your splits will be f**ked up regardless. lol.
They throw Kanye, Wayne or Ross on your song, you getting f**ked the same way you would if there was a sample to clear. Because those dude's checks aren't gonna get smaller before yours does.
The point is do what's needed to make great records if you wanna reap the benefits of a great record. It may not take a sample from you, but I find it humerous how many people up here talk all this "composing" shyt who I can outplay by a landside, who I have better sounds and arrangements than, who I make hotter "from scratch compositions" than, yet, I still know sampling's my strongpoint. I sample because my sampled beats come out hotter than my better than most people's composed shyt.
If you ain't got no angle, you're just lost in the current, another raindrop in a river of B.S. Sampling may not be your angle, just saying, most people who make posts like the one you just made are losing one of their wow factors for the sake of a phantom check that hasn't come yet.
I sit down to make a hit record everytime I sit down. Nothing more nothing less. 9/10 That's gonna involve other stuff than what comes in a DAW. You have options, royalty free loops, samples that need clearance, live instrumentation, great sample libraries, other musicians for collabs, ect. But I'd rather place a sampled beat with an artist and split royalties than to make some "from scratch" shyt that they play 5 seconds before skipping to the next track.
Most of Krit's sound and fanbase came from the overall nostalgic elements of hip hop he brought. Doubt that he'll get the best material out there to his audience without sampling unless he goes with live band/like a dungeon family type route.
It's like going with coke that's half the price of your regular flake because you stand to make more profit...then realizing customers don't want the flake you got, that's why it was half off. Now you sitting on something you coulda got off if you weren't counting money that didn't exist yet.
Sometimes we should just focus on making the best product we can and letting the ball fall where it may.
I made this without sampling, it's not that I can't make music without sampling, not even that I can't outperform others who call themselves composers, it's that my sampled shyt SOUNDS BETTER and is what my clients request more.
SoundClick artist: Phuk'dup Beats - Can't think of anything cool to type here.
