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Eric B and Rakim

In 1987 I remember having my ears grabbed by this track on the radio called “Pump Up The Volume” by MARRS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cak1xly8oUM 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” …

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Posted byEthanSeptember 30, 2010August 3, 2016Posted inKey Musicians, Music, SamplingTags: authenticity, Bobby Byrd, digging the crates, DJ Hero, Eagles, eighties, Eric B & Rakim, flow, Fugees, hip-hop, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, MARRS, mashups, Nas, recursion, Revival Revival, sample maps, sampling, Stetsasonic, turntablism5 Comments on Eric B and Rakim
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