Rance Of 1500 Or Nothin’ Frowns Upon Hip Hop’s ‘Safe’ Samples

Kendrick Lamar‘s Grammy Award-winning collaborator Rance of 1500 or Nothin’ says rap music produced right this moment is lacking some severe must-haves for achievement.

We spoke to Rance at LAX this week, and whereas he praised sampling for being the tradition’s core creation course of, he frowned upon new producers who do not perceive the beats they’re making.

Rance in contrast the language of music to language generally and producers ought to study the fundamental chords similar to one would study their ABCs however thinks most artists are “playing it safe” on the behest of their report labels.

The veteran musician has been within the studio with different music heavyweights reminiscent of Jay-Z, Bruno Mars, Snoop Dogg and Ludacris, so his opinion is extra educated than formulated!!!

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