I like to follow the K.I.S.S. method (keep it simple stupid) and once I start overthinking what Im doing with a sample, I'll just walk away from it cause making beats is basically cooking food lmao you cant overseason it, just make it taste good.
No need for it to be perfect cause in the grand scheme of anyone who mainly chop samples never cared about it being perfect. J dilla doesnt quantize, he had off beat drums and allat but it all about the feel good end results no matter the technique.
You already pretty much have knowledge of self as a producer, so try doing your drums and basslines first to have a groove to build off of. After that, just chop your sample over the top of the groove fr.
(thats the easiest cheat code I have for sampling cause sampling is hard af honestly its...
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