This PBS Independent Lens documentary on sampling culture is a good one, and you can watch the whole thing on Youtube. Their resources and links page includes my Biz Markie blog post. Thanks Beautiful Decay for posting the videos.
Posts Tagged ‘jeff chang’
Copyright Criminals
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Hip-hop and electronica literature review
Saturday, September 26th, 2009So as part of the competitive analysis for my developing book proposal, I’ve been looking at books about electronic music and hip-hop. I’m interested in books about the music itself, its production and content, as well as the lives of people making it and listening to it. Among the books I’ve read, the two real standouts are both about hip-hop. There’s Jeff Chang’s Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, the most ambitious and best work on the subject that I know of.
