Oftentimes, the truest strokes of brilliance are the subtlest, and thus the easiest to pass over without noticing. Well, OK – I have no idea how accurate that statement is. I just sorta felt like beginning with a sweeping generalization.
At second glance, though, I just might have been onto something, at least when it comes to sampled hip-hop production. Flipping an instantly-recognizable riff is one thing, but actually working diverse musical elements into a coherent whole is another – and when the results come together too well, few people notice just how impressive a feat you accomplished.
What got me thinking about this was (if you haven’t deduced from the headline) “Show Me Change,” the latest Booth feature from ArtOfficial (off their acclaimed, RefinedHype/DJBooth-sponsored mixtape The Payback.) The cut found the Miami natives borrowing a snippet of “Show Me What You Got,” a Just Blaze-produced standout off Jay-Z’s generally-panned Kingdom Come LP.
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