The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music.
Basically, if reverse engineering is banned, then a lot of the open source community is doomed to fail.
I don't even think whether I play the blues or not, I just play whatever feels right at the moment. I also will use any gadget or device that I find that helps me achieve the sort of sound on the guitar that I want to get.