hi everyone, i'm going to be giving a presentation for a class on the act of sampling in contemporary culture and i will be talking mostly about music. some of artists i will be discussing include the beatles (tape loop experiments), the residents, Negativeland, among others. i would definitely like to include hip hop and dub in my discussion, but i want to know if there are any musicians/composers that stand out as true sampling pioneers in Dub, Hip Hop, Pop, and avant garde music. i can think of plenty of people that sample music or media in these genres but i don't want to arbitrarily choose Beck or Dan the Automator just because they appeal to my tastes. I just want to open up the question: what musician or composer do you feel really pushed the boundaries of what sampling can be for their genre? thanks for any help! -adam morosky _________________________________________________________________ Scope out the new MSN Plus Internet Software optimizes dial-up to the max! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/plus&ST=1