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Originally Posted by Marol  I agree with you on the fact that most "hip hop" today is lacking alot of musicality. But dont forget that this music was founded my kids in the ghetto without instruments of their own. That is why sampling done by an artist is more musical than some jackass drawing in notes on a midi grid. I dont know if having a backing band will help keep "hip hop" alive but it might bring in interest from festivals that dont host those acts typically. I doubt that live bands will relive creativity in "hip hop" since The Roots have been doing that for years now and still havent broken into the mainstream yet. So if the Nelly had a backing band on all of the his tracks, do you think it would boost sales, yet alone creativity? The answer is no, but you are at least going in the right direction. I think the whole attitude that "hip hop" is easy is a false one, and that adding more complexity to it would make it more "musical" is BS. Remember, when Jazz became more complex, folks started to more away from it to listen to crooners and nolvety songs. So I think that making "hip hop" more complex wouldnt help it much musically, hell, it might even hurt it.
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You are right!!! When I started doing rap in 81 thats all I did was sample old records..I would play some instruments over the top of it, but I was just learning hoe to play. If it wasnt for hip hop I probablt would have never wanted to learn to play any inst. But as time went by..I learned to play more inst. and got better at it. Now most of the hip hop artists that I deal with now, come to my studio for a certian sound..a little more original sound. they come with the beats they made on FL or Acid and want me to replace all the inst. with real ones and, play it my way (if you know wht I mean), so in the end they leave with something of their own..not a clone. But I know thats not what every one wants..A lot of people want to sound like So and So..and thats where it gets boring..I dont think its the artist fault, I think its the fast money corperations fault.."just copy whats hitting on the radio..thats what everyone likes"...And its only when someone takes a chance on something new,that the SAME OLD SH*T cycle ends....But it dont take long for everyone else to jump on the band wagon and, were back to the same old spot!!
I think that, if artist did not need anyone to back them..be it hip hop or pop..and no one telling them what to do...music would be so much more original!!
