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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459940203321

Autore

Schloss Joseph Glenn

Titolo

Making beats : the art of sample-based hip-hop / / Joseph G. Schloss ; with a new afterword foreword by Jeff Chang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8195-7482-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Music/Culture

Disciplina

782.421649/149

Soggetti

Rap (Music) - History and criticism

Hip-hop

Turntablism

Sound recording executives and producers - United States

Turntablists

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references, discrographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Making Beats; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; New Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 "It's about Playing Records": History; 3 "It Just Doesn't Sound Authentic": Live Instrumentation versus Hip-Hop Purism; 4 Materials and Inspiration: Digging in the Crates; 5 Sampling Ethics; 6 Elements of Style: Aesthetics of Hip-Hop Composition; 7 The Outer Circle: From Samplers to Ears; 8 Conclusions; New Afterword; Endnotes; Bibliography; Interviews by Author; Discography; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

First book on hip-hop sampling as a musical process, now with a new foreword and afterword