P himself would tell you Q is the master of this s***

‘Whatever tho..’ when the drums finally come in is the energy we all need to carry next year

Both top 5 imo

Speaking of Q-Tip the funniest story I've ever seen is when Q-Tip was in the studio for It Was Written recording sessions and told Steve Stout to his face "You're ruining him"

@kwakudrew

100%

P idolizes that man like Tyler idolizes Pharrell

There’s literally a scene in the Pharrell movie wheres he’s rapping a Tribe song at a talent show if I can recall

🔥🔥🔥 man I’m praying on it. That s*** got a in flight bar and everything right?

It took them 10 years for NY niggas to embrace him

The dumb asses who don’t realize hip hop was founded off sampling don’t deserve to have their opinions justified with replies

Best rap albums this year were by older niggas

Imaging telling pharrell who’s entire spectrum of musical sensibilities and taste was shaped by q tip, that q tip sucks because ‘all he does is sample’

Also with new alchemist beats or nicholas craven stuff where they’re literally ‘just’ sampling, you could have an idiot saying it’s lazy and ‘just’ sampling and I guess there’s a convo to be had. (Although literally sample only sequencing beats are still such an art form. Even if it’s 4 bars looped)

BUT with q tip it’s just such a weird subject to focus on for this

Wait what

Wait wat.

Oh wait it was written i get what tip is talking about

Producer elitism in 2024 is really crazy my nigga

@insertcoolnamehere

Peep y'all lmao

Anyways I’m boutta order some Chinese. I’m not finna argue with boul on an empty stomach lmfao

Anyways, go listen to Midnight Marauders.

Tip’s beats r timeless

No such thing as outgrown

next time just say the hard r bro

Reposting this Kendrick x Q-Tip song again because it’s so good

It Was Written is jarring after Illmatic tbh.

I get what Tip was coming from. That was when “nas go pop” started happeninf.

Now ask Steve about Nastradamus

One of my fav beats of the year is 6 seconds of a sample pitched up and looped

Sometimes that s*** just goes crazy!! 8 bars that aren’t meant to loop, in context of the OG sample would go to another section, but a producer can zoom in and find a groove to just cycle over and over. S*** is so awesome. Creates a whole new bass line, drum beat, chopped up vocal melody cut out of interrupted lyrics

Holy f***ing s*** lmaooooo

I understand though. Niggas were not keen to the adjustments Nas made from Illmatic to IWW.

EXACTLY

Yeppp and the meals are top notch. The whole experience is just perfect