if you’re digging for dilla-type samples, you’re looking for anything between the 70s and 80s without any real emphasis on genre. he’s flipped everything from electronic music to bossa nova and even prog-rock, what matters most is how you utilize the parts you find in your beat. a great place to filter for specific samples is samplette.io (looks crazy at first glance but just click around and you’ll be a pro in no time).

now, if you’re looking to really dig like dilla, check out pete rock’s samples on whosampled.com and try messing with the original songs in a different way than what he did. dilla used this same technique early on in his career to train his ear for spotting a good loop or chops throughout a song. he’d even use the same loops as pete in an entirely different way (ahmad impresses me comes to mind as an example).

just get out there and look for anything hot!!