Kingfrog..., that's actually nothing new. Hip Hop and Rap artists have many times in the past reached back and grabbed styles like Jazz, Swing, and even BigBand and remade those into modern styles. It's still popular to hear a Hip Hop groove using a "hip hop jazz kit" with an acoustic walking bass line. Some of those beats were really catchy too.

For example I remember a popular artist (I think it was 2001) who did a very catchy tune that used a beat that could be categorized as "Jazz Hop".., or even "Swing Hop". It was an artist named Blu Cantrell. One of her hit songs was "Waste My Time".., but there was a song on that album called "Swingin" which is probably a very good example of how Hip Hop artists take a style like Jazz/Swing/BigBand and put a Hip Hop twist on it.

[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 12-30-2008).]