their interest the next phase of hip-hop. there is sampling and there is sampling. to take the sample and rap over it he finds a way to appeal to young listeners and their parents. everybody wants to party. puff daddy 10 empire out of it. the sound shifted. the use of samples exploded. it was a sample that an older crowd could hear and say that sounds familiar to me so maybe it s not all bad. you have songs like gangsters paradise which is a heavier song, but the hook is so inviting and warm. hip-hop hit this point where it had become mainstream and all of a sudden it starts