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Sampling is one of the foundations of hip hop, which emerged in the 1980s. [34] Hip hop sampling has been likened to the origins of blues and rock, which were created by repurposing existing music. [24] The Guardian journalist David McNamee wrote that "two record decks and your dad's old funk collection was once the working-class black answer ...
Hip hop does not simply draw inspiration from a range of samples, but it layers these fragments into an artistic object. If sampling is the first level of hip hop aesthetics, how the pieces or elements fit together constitute the second level. Hip hop emphasizes and calls attention to its layered nature.
Blah, Blah, Blah is the debut studio album by American Brooklyn-based hip hop duo Blahzay Blahzay.It was released on August 13, 1996, on Fader/Mercury/PolyGram Records.The recording sessions took place at D&D Studios and at Firehouse Studio, in New York.
Sample clearance fees prohibited the use of more than one or two samples for most recordings, with some mechanical rights holders demanding up to 100% of royalties. As each sample had to be cleared to avoid legal action, records such as those produced by the Bomb Squad for Public Enemy , which use dozens of samples, became prohibitively ...
Double Dee and Steinski is a duo of hip hop producers, composed of Doug "Double Dee" DiFranco and Steven "Steinski" Stein.They achieved notoriety in the early 1980s for a series of underground hip-hop sample-based collages known as the "Lessons".
In dance or hip hop music sampling, chopping is the "altering [of] a sampled phrase [or break] by dividing it into smaller segments and reconfiguring them in a different order." (Schloss 2004, p. 106)
Originally launched as Rap Genius, with a focus on hip-hop music, the company attracted the attention and support of celebrities, and venture capital enabling further growth. [1] The site expanded in 2014 to cover other forms of media, such as pop , literature, and R&B , and added an annotation-embedded platform.
Livin' Proof is the debut studio album by the American hip hop duo Group Home.It was released on November 21, 1995, through FFRR/Payday Records.Recording sessions took place at D&D Studios in New York.