Watch Tyler, The Creator Discuss Drum Breaks, Sampling & More With Nardwuar

BY ELIJAH C. WATSON • OCT 17 2019

Tyler, the Creator and Nardwuar have linked up for yet another interview (their third one to be exact) and in this one the pair talk about everything from drum breaks and sampling to states that have good record stores.

The topic of drum breaks come up when Nardwuar hands Tyler Bad Bascomb’s Black Grass Music record, which he sampled for his Igor song “What’s Good.”

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