usually when i record my chops i set up a quick skeleton of a drum beat at least so i play the chops on beat with the song and even if i change the drums it will sound find as long as i don't fuck with the tempo.
horns are good if you layer them. one instrument i like is layering a horn like a french horn with various string soundfonts/patches and have them play one melody. it's a nice sound imo.
lol his beat is so bad for ppl who said it wasn't awful is cus he is a motherfucking full blown studio even with a pretty large mixing console i believe. his myspace beats r bleh too. I can do better in FL. Also i have a free sound font w/ like the same horn he used. Lol @ Touch The KEys he...
i believe my "style" at this state in my beatmaking is when i'm making a beat and making everything without thinking about trying to sound like a certain person/style so it's when i would take a record and pick the part and do the drums and stuff without thinking how i should sound like Kanye...