Reimagining Sample-based Hip Hop

<p><em>Reimagining Sample-based Hip Hop: Making Records within Records</em> presents the poetics of hip-hop record production and the significance of sample material in record making providing analysis of key releases in hip-hop discography and interviews with experts from the world of Hip Hop and beyond.</p><p>Beginning with the history of hip-hop music making this book guides the reader through the alternative techniques deployed by beat-makers to avoid the use of copyrighted samples and concludes with a consideration of the future of Hip Hop alongside a companion album that has been created using findings from this research. Challenging previous theoretical understandings about Hip Hop the author focuses on deconstructing sonic phenomena using his hands-on engineering expertise and in-depth musicological knowledge about record production.</p><p>With a significant emphasis on both practice and theory <i>Reimagining Sample-based Hip Hop</i> will be of interest to advanced undergraduates postgraduates and researchers working in audio engineering music production hip-hop studies and musicology.</p>