| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 246 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Music/Culture |
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Music/culture.
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| Contents |
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 : From Samplers to Ears -- Conclusions -- New afterword |
| Summary |
Despite having created one of the most important musical cultures of the last fifty years, hip-hop composers who use digital sampling are rarely taken seriously as artists. But hip-hop deejays and producers have collectively developed an artistic system that features a complex aesthetic, a detailed array of social protocols, a rigorous set of ethical expectations, and a rich historical consciousness. This book explores the goals, methods, and values of this surprisingly insular community. Focusing on a variety of subjects - from hip-hop artists' pedagogical methods to the Afro-diasporic roots of the sampling process to the social significance of "digging" for rare records - the author examines the way hip-hop artists have managed to create a form of expression that reflects their creative aspirations, moral beliefs, political values, and cultural realities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version of record |
| Subject |
Rap (Music) -- History and criticism
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Hip-hop.
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Turntablism.
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Sound recording executives and producers -- United States.
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Turntablists.
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turntablists.
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice.
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MUSIC -- Lyrics.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Vocal.
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Hip-hop
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Rap (Music)
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Sound recording executives and producers
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Turntablism
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Turntablists
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chang, Jeff.
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| ISBN |
9780819574824 |
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0819574821 |
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