It would be interesting, if squeak has an arranger (I can't find quickly what arranger you DO have) to have him give it his best shot at creating a hiphop or rap style......

If you can create beats in a Yamaha MO, have a crack at what CAN be achieved in your arranger to illustrate the differences in sound and approach.

After all, despite them being few and far between, the big three DO have playable styles in these genres, just not enough and not enough 'street' on them, so despite the technical limitations of the arranger, it IS possible........

It's just that no-one has gotten around to trying to make their own that has any feel for the style........

Just a note of history....... although I'm 50 now (except from the neck upwards!), and make a living playing for tourists in Florida , back in '81/'82 I used to live in Manhattan and hung with the Sugarhill Gang and knew the Furious Five and Afrika Bombaataa. Great days, great times, but few of us predicted how it would rule the world 25 years later...........