Making beats: the art of sample-based hip-hop
by Chang, Jeff, Schloss, Joseph Glenn
fromMusic/culture
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…
Rhythm & blues emerged from the African American community in the late 1940s to become the driving force in American popular music over the next half-century. Although sometimes called "doo-wop," "soul," "funk," "urban contemporary," or "hip-hop," R&B is actually an umbrella cat…
Total chaos: the art and aesthetics of hip-hop
"Typically, more than half the top rap songs in the country are the work of Southern artists. In a world still stuck in the East/West coast paradigm of the '90s, the simple fact is that Southern hip-hop has dominated the genre - and defined the culture - for years. Roni Sarig ex…
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In the late 80s, a group of high school dropouts, drug dealers, and ex-cons spoke out against racial injustice and police brutality. They did it through hip-hop. Their explosive popularity put their Los Angeles neighborhood of Compton on the map. They gave a voice to disenfranch…
The anthology of rap
Rap has emerged as one of the most influential cultural forces of our time. In this work, the editors demonstrate that rap is also a wide reaching and vital poetic tradition born of beats and rhymes. This pioneering anthology brings together more than three hundred lyrics writte…
Bloemlezing van bijna driehonderd rap-songteksten van de afgelopen dertig jaar.
Rap has emerged as one of the most influential cultural forces of our time. In this work, the editors demonstrate that rap is also a wide reaching and vital poetic tradition born of beats and rhymes. This pioneering anthology brings together more than three hundred lyrics writte…