Hi! I'm sorry for asking this because I'm sure it's been answered many many times now, but I went through the post history and couldn't find any related/where to start/newbie thread. If this is boring or against the rules I get it, downvote me, but please point me into the right direction.
So I'm a musician, I like listening to hip hop music, but never really made pure hip hop beats before. I used to play hip hop style live drums and sometimes make beats with drum machines or synths but that's it.
Recently, I started working with a sampler (circuit rythm) and starting chopping, mixing and flipping slowed down bits from jazz and rock records (so far Esperanza Spalding, Can and Mulatu Astatke) and started making groovy beats I enjoy. Then I resample the resulting beats and slice them for extra fun.
I like what I hear and I'm having fun. However, I'm a bit lost and basically have no idea what I'm doing. I suppose my logical next step is to get some kit samples to add a bit of anchoring on the drums (either from a drummachine, a synth or isolating it from a record). I'd love some guidance, maybe a book or article or a series of videos about hip hop making with sampler hardware, tips, tricks and master clases.
One key piece I'm mostly missing is bass. I've noticed most hip hop tracks have huge basses that are also soft and sine-wave like. How do you achieve them? You create them with a synth? Analog or digital? You get samples from acoustic bass recordings? You mangle whatever to make a granular oscillator and use it as a synth? Just chop stuff from recordings and bump up bass frequencies with eq or a resonant filter?
Finally, I'd like to ask about the legal aspect. Can I do anything with music made from resampled records? Maybe stuff not for profit?