Reimagining Sample-Based Hip Hop: Making Records Within Records

By Michail Exarchos

Reimagining Sample-based Hip Hop: Making Records within Records 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.

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.

With a significant emphasis on both practice and theory, Reimagining Sample-based Hip Hop will be of interest to advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers working in audio engineering, music production, hip-hop studies, and musicology.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367461803
• ISBN13: 9780367461805
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Focal Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.8" x 9.7"