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Digging For Hidden Jewels
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“Gotta get ya fingers dusty.” - Diamond D. In musical terms of this thing called Hip Hop and specifically crafting its sound, digging in the crates formed the backbone, pushing producers to sonically manipulate and subsequently create new creations out of long-forgotten ones. Sounds were culled from sources far and wide and diggers scoured the globe in search of the next record, next break, next hit to set them apart from their peers, if for nothing more than being the first one to hook it up. For many fans and producers alike, the “sample-based sound” is what they...