Product: EastWest ProSamples Vol. 22 Hip Hop NY Cutz Multi-Format
Price Paid: US $50
Submitted
02/08/2004
at
10:27am
by
skip
Email: skip at beautysconfusion<dot>net
Reviewer Background
:
-been making music for 10 years or so
-trip-hop & hip-hop, but also everything else (punk, post rock, etc.)
-i use cakewalk sonar 3.0 and acid pro 4.0
-i've been using Pro Samples: Hip-hop (NY Cutz) for about two years
-yamaha NS10m monitors
Overall Rating
:
9
This is definitely worth the price tag. Damn, there's some dirty beats and dirty grooves in this disc. GRIT is the order of the day.
The disc is set up in construction kit format mostly. All of the grooves are AWESOME. Dirty, underground grooves. Backbeats, funky basslines... god. This disc is worth every penny! No joke.
I can't really see any faults with this disc. I've been impressed with all the Pro Samples series-- the loops are cut up perfectly, so you can drop them in your loop sequencer with ease (unlike all the audio-only libraries and some of the budget "wav-ready" libraries). Great, usable stuff. When I say dirty, I mean it. These loops (especially the drums), have like no "clear" quality (when I say clear I mean think of a beat by Tribe Called Quest). These beats are gritty, dirty, processed, you name it... very good stuff all around.
