No. 2: The First Records Used Live Bands, as Opposed to Sampling
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When the first bands and artists started recording their songs, sampling technology was too expensive for anyone without endorsement from a top label. Because of this, artists employed the services of small bands that could come up with the right sounds. The first rapper to start using the sampling technique was Kurtis Blow, in the early 1980s.
