Author : Joseph G. Schloss
Release : 2014-11-20
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 821/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Making Beats by : Joseph G. Schloss
Download or read book Making Beats written by Joseph G. Schloss. This book was released on 2014-11-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of IASPM's 2005 International Book Award 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.