> keep some traditions like the 808 bass drum Yes, but almost nobody is dropping raw 808 kick samples onto their tracks. Even though it's a "traditional sound

> keep some traditions like the 808 bass drum Yes, but almost nobody is dropping raw 808 kick samples onto their tracks. Even though it's a "traditional sound", usually artists do quite a bit of work to transform it. Kind of like what, you know, "real" composers do with "real" musical traditions.