Making Beats
Author | : Joseph G. Schloss |
Publisher | : Wesleyan University Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2014-11-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780819574824 |
ISBN-13 | : 0819574821 |
Rating | : 4/5 (821 Downloads) |
Download or read book Making Beats written by Joseph G. Schloss and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 273 pages. 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.