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 Enlists 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.