Making beats
Subtitle: the art of sample-based hip-hop
By: Joseph G. Schloss.
Series: Music/culture
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Middletown, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780819566959; 9780819566966
Subjects: Rap (Music) -- History and criticism; Hip-hop; Turntablism; Sound recording executives and producers -- United States; Turntablists
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-216), discography (p. 221), and index.
Table of contents: title: "It's about playing records" : history; title: "It just doesn't sound authentic" : live instrumentation versus hip-hop purism; title: Materials and inspiration : digging in the crates; title: Sampling ethics; title: Elements of style : aesthetics of hip-hop composition; title: The outer circle : from samplers to ears.