Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop Contributor(s): Schloss, Joseph G. (Author), Chang, Jeff (Other) |
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ISBN: 0819574813 ISBN-13: 9780819574817 Publisher: Wesleyan University Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Rap & Hip Hop - Music | History & Criticism - General - Social Science | Popular Culture |
Dewey: 782.421 |
Series: Music / Culture |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 272 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: First book on hip-hop sampling as a musical process, now with a new foreword and afterword 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 artists' pedagogical methods to the Afrodiasporic roots of the sampling process to the social significance of "digging" for rare records--Joseph G. Schloss 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. This second edition of the book includes a new foreword by Jeff Chang and a new afterword by the author. |