Making beats: the art of sample-based hip-hop
by Chang, Jeff, Schloss, Joseph Glenn
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Based on ten years of research among hip-hop producers, Making Beats was the first work of scholarship to explore the goals, methods, and values of a surprisingly insular community. Focusing on a variety of subjects - from hip-hop artistsʹ pedagogical methods to the Afrodiaspori…
First book on hip-hop sampling as a musical process.
Introduction - 'It's about playing records': history - 'It just doesn't sound authentic': live instrumentation versus hip-hop purism - Materials and inspiration: digging in the crates - Sampling ethics - Elements of style: aesthetics of hip-hop composition - The outer circle: fr…
Total chaos: the art and aesthetics of hip-hop
Total chaos: the art and aesthetics of hip-hop
The most innovative and provocative voices in hip-hop assess the future of the most important cultural movement of our time.
Total chaos: the art and aesthetics of hip-hop
The author of the award-winning Can't Stop, Won't Stop assembles the most innovative and provocative voices in hip-hop to assess the future of the most important cultural movement of our time.