“There are two pigeons right there, so if I threw some bread and scared them off, I could turn that flutter sound into a Mannie Fresh snare roll.” With that, Hot Sugar claps his hands and, as if on ...

When you think of a producer sampling a sound, what’s the first image that comes to mind? Someone digging through crates to find the right piece of dusty vinyl? Well, not New York City’s Nick Koenig, ...