This gave me a good chuckle when this copy of Hip Hop Connection magazine arrived in the mailbox, with Kanye West paying respects to Pete Rock while getting shat on in the paragraph beside the sidebar. Truly the salad days.
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Man, Pete Rock > Kanye all day, every day. Even Kanye knows that.
I love Pete but even he admitted to stealing EPMD’s drums for “It’s On You”. The most offensive thing is when someone just loops all the sounds and the sequence. Taking individual drum hits and mixing them up is an “open secret” amongst east coast producers. The Beatminerz are the only ones I’ve heard admit to doing so frequently and freely.
I meant “In The Flesh”, not “It’s On You”.