The Akai MPC5000 (eBay / Amazon) was its last standalone sampler released in the 2000’s (and last until 2017’s MPC Live and MPC X). At the time of its released, it was considered to be the flagship MPC. While it did boast some new enhancements, hip-hop producer Just Blaze ripped the product in his blog for being a downgrade from its previous flagship MPC4000 product when it was first released. While the MPC5000 lacks some of the sample editing capabilities of the older MPC4000, and also some of the hardware specs are lower than the MPC4000 (max. 192 MB RAM vs. the 4000’s 512 MB, and slightly smaller screen), with the updated and more stable operating system OS 2.0, many new features were introduced that gave it a slight edge above the 4000.