this is what im trying to explain to some of the people getting pissed about using samples already used, if only they realised that it was taking classics from 20 years before and making them their own that built hip hop from the ground up.
Hip hop is taking old drum breaks, melodies and loops, some of which were just a basic 2 or 4 bar loop and made absolute fucking classics. People like diddy would just rip off a whole track and rap on it, like Will.I.Am too.
There is a difference between biting and adapting, sometimes it might be a fine line, like the line between when vocal chops become a full blown hook. Personally I dont have a problem with people putting hooks on their beats, its the hazy line that causes some issues. Maybe we should just allow hooks from now on, as I listen to "step into a world" by krs 1