Current HipHop Effects (How To)

Hey whats going on. Well I have some desired effects that I want to achieve within the Hip-Hop music but can't really seem to gain those type of effects. I don't know what type of plug-in and/or techniques i need to use for me to make the desired effects. Ima post some links of certain artists that im trying to mimic their effects with little descriptions on how to hear the effect that Im trying to achieve



Start It Up (1:55 - 1:56) Slow Down Effect From Clean Mix To A Slow Down Effect)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmHCM5jWMog


Roman Reverence (2:31 - 2:32), (3:20 - 3:22) I feel its can be down wit some type of Flanger but I epically failed lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxqqZa72RP4

Funeral Music (0.22 - 0.23) Same as Start It up But alot slower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G5DvCURijg

These are the desired effects im trying to achieve and thus far been failing ever since lol. I do run Sonar 8 on a Windows XP with Waves Plug-Ins so hopefully that helps. Thanks and hope you can help me

That plug in is something that i might use but how in the heck do i use it lol.

Adobe Audition has this effect.  Its called "Turntable Loosing Power".  Under the pitch bender effects.

In Sonar.  Rex loops (Beatscape) has similar grooves.  Recently, I haven't messed much with Sonar's phat samples in dimPro.

But 'Dirty South' and the numerous other sub-genre R&B hip hop: great!!!, IMHO, when pre-written to your hip-hop style ( www.producerloops.com , etc.) ... for a nominal fee ($20-30 US). 

Such excellent acidized, apple loops are there for your mimics (groove and vox), royalty free, once purchased. 

+1 Legion:

Just listen to and imitate and screw-up/down with tapestop, Melodyne, and/or pitch-benders.  Study their waves (visually) ... its too easy to be a hip-hop artist, IMHO.  If you can't learn the vst, you can buy the groove you luv for cheap.

For autotune and screw-up/down techniques there are free harmonizers and such (VSTs) ... but for 'sweet' robotic-vocs quality many purchase 64-bit Melodyne:
 
Melodyne videos and such explain how to screw up/down vocals: http://www.5min.com/Video/Melodyne-Sound-Editing-Tips-with-Hank-and-Keith-Shocklee-180568536

The beauty of hip-hop is that much is sample-driven (new-school?) and many artists have already spent inordinant hours perfecting grooves for you/I to buy dirt-cheap and exploit royalty-free. 

Purchaseable samples, IMHO, are much better than BiaB and Beatscape ... for inspiring pro-sounding hip-hop songs quickly.  The market is soo saturated with it.

But many others, here, prefer to re-invent all the groove wheels altogether ... for a excellent reasons.

Your/my vox is the only missing element.