Ya know, it's one thing to sample stuff & play around with it, when you're underground, but, when you're a money hungry platimun bastard such as Timbaland, play Square their damn money for what you ripped off......not to mention all the little guys he ripped off as well! I play around & mix stuff up, even though I'll probably never release an album of my own, just don't have the time anymore, especially with doing original stuff for Frozen Utopia. I love remixing stuff, finding some new way to play out a song, & add lyrics to it. I grew up with that, but it also helped me to progress to originality.
As for emulation, it's a nice quick & dirty way to play my games, don't have to bust my consoles, I can use save states if I really get pissed, etc. But, it's not the same as owning the real thing. It's oh so nice to own it all, of which I own alot of. But, my collecting days are pretty much over now. I have to stop, aside from getting any new games occasionally, like Mindrec's stuff, & the very occasional PS2, PS3, PSP, or DS game, which, even then will be when they're at Greatest Hits prices.
