9. DJ Rashad6613
I was gonna pick Double Cup, but then I thought the samples are just insane. I’ve always struggled to take everything I’ve learned about jazz, and jazz piano and but not make it super corny – and he was the master of making it new and different. I’ve always been in total admiration of DJ Rashad for that. 6613 is a great example of how to take jazz and soul samples and turn them into something completely different. That’s influenced me a lot in the way I resample my own voice. Taking songs I’ve written that are perhaps a little too smooth or a little too sweet and turning them into something else. I’ve always thought if he can do it to other people’s songs then why can’t I do it on my own.
