Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop (Music/Culture)

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. This second edition of the book includes a new foreword by Jeff Chang and a new afterword by the author.. 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. 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

The breadth of Schloss’s work is remarkable.”—Philip Ewell, Popular Music. “The best thing about Making Beats is its assiduous in-depth coverage of the topic

Theanonymousone said Must have for producers. This book has been quite insightful to me. Mostly in regards to certain elements about sample base hip hop (which I produce) that I was unaware of. It is helpful to a new guy trying to make beats or even a seasoned veteran. The book is mostly based on interviews with numerous established producers where they are all asked the same question and then they reply and the author gives his view after. I wish there were more bo. Depends on Your Purpose Giovanni Turner Interesting exploration of underground hip-hop production. A limited diversity of interviewees hampers its usefulness - I was incredibly disturbed when one interviewee said, unchallenged, that the use of live instruments was "not real hip-hop." Otherwise, an interesting, albeit short-sighted journey.. Not entertaining but informative. It's sort of a study in a book form, rather than just a regular book. It's very precise and what not, but not very entertaining. I recommend it, if you're interested in the subject.