Once Upon A Past(full)

How shall I begin my story that has no beginning?

The sampler, as well as the turntable

Were principal tools, largely responsible

For the birth and development of hip-hop

With a sampler any drum beat, any guitar riff

Any sound that could be recorded

Could be used as part of a new composition

A new contextualization

The recording you are listening to now is an example

[...]

Where a cultural production

At least musically

That was full of possibilities

By virtue of being able to freely appropriate

From the musical past

And to make new combinations

And thus, new meanings

The story demonstrates

That the society quote

"Free to borrow and built upon a past

Is culturally richer than a controlled one."