It's becoming a thing. I just bought my first MPC1000 to do just what you are seeing. Besides listening to a little JDilla, I knew nothing about sampling or beat making. But I'm deep in the vinyl now, and getting a SL1200 Mk2 speced to 78rpm to sample from a few thousand 78s I inherited.
The only better hardware DAW replacement is
https://www.sequentix.com/shop/cirklon-hardware-sequencerWhich you can't get anyway.
Roger Linn threw the kitchen sync midi-wise at the MP60, and it held over till the 1k. Nothing after is better except that thing above. Or so it is widely stated.