According to Engadget , " the impact of Akai 's MPC series on hip hop can not be overstated " . It credited the MPC 's pad design and price for " opening up music production to a whole new audience " . British rapper Jehst saw it as the next step in hip hop evolution after the TR-808 , TR-909 and DMX drum machines . Producer DJ Shadow used an MPC60 to create his influential 1996 album '' Endtroducing '' , which is composed entirely of samples . Rapper Kanye West used the MPC to compose several of his best-known songs and much of his breakthrough album '' The College Dropout '' . West closed the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards with a performance of his track " Runaway " on an MPC
2010 MTV Video Music Awards
2010 MTV Video Music Awards
Akai MPC