Thursday, September 30, 2010
In 1987 I remember having my ears grabbed by this thing on the radio called “Pump Up The Volume” by MARRS. Now that mashups are so common, this track doesn’t sound particularly remarkable. But in seventh grade it was startling to hear a house music track full of random samples. “Pump Up The Volume” was [...]
Filed in Key Musicians, Music, Sampling
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Also tagged authenticity, bobby byrd, digging the crates, dj hero, eagles, eighties, flow, fugees, hip-hop, james brown, jimi hendrix, marrs, mashups, nas, recursion, revival revival, sample maps, Sampling, stetsasonic, turntablism
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
Music blogs, magazines and cable channels like to run lists of the best albums of all time. Certain albums get listed again and again: Sgt Pepper, Pet Sounds, Highway 61 Revisited. If you were to compile the best albums as measured by how often they get sampled by hip-hop producers, the list would look very [...]
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Also tagged big daddy kane, blondie, de la soul, digging the crates, epmd, fu-schnickens, funk, hammond organ, ice cube, janelle monae, krs-one, mary j blige, memes, mohawks, onyx, Sampling, soul, uk, wu-tang
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I’m continuing my tour through hip-hop’s most classic breakbeats with “Ashley’s Roachclip” by the Soul Searchers. The drum break at 3:30 is one of those hip-hop workhorses, like “Impeach The President” and “The Funky Drummer” and “Apache.” It seems like it’s always been there. The Soul Searchers were led by guitarist Chuck Brown, known in [...]
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Also tagged breakbeats, chuck brown, digging the crates, emf, funk, go-go, hip-hop, milli vanilli, nelly, nice & smooth, pm dawn, Sampling, soul searchers, spandau ballet
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This post isn’t about Obama. I love Obama. I’m talking about a classic breakbeat, the opening few seconds of “Impeach The President” by the Honey Drippers, and the president in question is Nixon.
Filed in Composition, Copyright and Authorship, Music, Sampling
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Also tagged big daddy kane, biz markie, de la soul, digable planets, digging the crates, drumming, funk, hip-hop, honey drippers, mick jagger, nas, nice & smooth, notorious big, Sampling, slick rick, soul, wu-tang
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