Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop

Index

Index African American English, 11–12, 200n10 Akai MPC 2000, 30 Allen, Harry, 25–26, 131–32, 135, 151, 181–82 ambiguity, 159–168 Angel, The, 58–59, 73–74, 111–12, 179 authenticity, 10, 63–65 Bambaataa, Afrika, 32 Bearden, Romare 152–53, 206n7 beat digging. See crate digging Beatles, 41, 49 Beatminerz. See Mr. Walt Beni B, 94, 96, 122, 204n4 biting, 105–9, 204 n1 Bomb Squad, 39–40, 177 “Bonita Applebaum” (song by A Tribe Called Quest), 159 breakbeat (break), 31–33, 36–39, 50, 85, 98–99, 112, 136–39 Brown, James, 180. See also “Funky Drummer” Buchanan and Goodman, 19–20, 201n13 “Cabfare” (song by Souls of Mischief ), 179–80 car stereo, 191–93 Ced G, 40 chopping, 98, 106, 150–51, 165–68 class determinism, 27–30 compilations (breakbeat records), 120–30 222 “corny” records 147–50 crates, 81–82 crate digging, 79–100 as abstract commitment to hiphop tradition, 92–93 educational benefits of, 95–96 as “paying dues,” 93–94 recent changes in, 98–100 as socialization, 97–98 techniques, 82–91 CTI (Creed Taylor International), 84, 94 cultural determinism, 27 cutting, 118 dance, 143–44, 181 “Daylight” (song by RAMP), 158–59 deejaying, 2, 20, 52–57, 75, 92–93, 110, 117, 124, 182–91, 203n11, 204n5, 205n7, 207n5 De La Soul. See Prince Paul Dere, Karen, 60, 69, 80, 88, 119, 145, 188 digging in the crates. See crate digging DJ B-Mello, 183, 184, 189–90, 208n7 DJ Jazzy Jay, 37, 157 DJ Kool Akiem (DJ Kool Akiem Allah Elisra), 29, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 97, 103, 104, 106, 111, 114, 116, 118, 120, 123, 130–31, 137, 152, 157, 166, 175, 177–78, 179, 203n11 DJ Mixx Messiah, 53, 56, 57, 86, 88, 93–94, 187, 192 DJ O-Dub. See Oliver Wang Index 223 DJ Premier, 56, 94, 95, 102, 107–8, 114, 120–21, 126, 128, 156, 186–87, 203n11, 204n4, 207n5 DJ Quik, 203n11 DJ Shadow, 93, 132 DJ Topspin, 45–46, 117, 118, 119–20, 124, 131, 142, 146, 180–81 Dolphy, Eric 202n8 Domino, 45, 46, 49, 53–54, 71, 85, 95, 99, 111, 112, 113, 118–19, 122, 123, 126–27, 140–41, 142, 144, 164–65, 167–68, 176–77, 179–80 double dutch, 17 drum and bass, 199n4 educational process 43–61 Electric Company, The, 16–17 Elliot, Missy, 202n5 emceeing. See MCing Emu SP 12/1200, 30, 35, 201n11 ethics, 58, 101–33 , 203n2, 206–7n2 ethnicity, 9–10, 15 ethnography, 2, 6–8, 200n5 Extra P (see Large Professor) Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, 200–201n12 fieldwork, 2–3, 200n5 flipping, 106, 162–63, 204n2 “Funky Drummer” (song by James Brown), 36, 103 gangsta rap, 145, 199n3 gender, 57–60. See also masculinity “Give Up The Goods” (song by Mobb Deep), 114 Grandmaster Flash, 19, 31 GrandWizzard Theodore, 27 Green, Grant, 68–69 groove, 139–40, 186–87 Hall and Oates, 147–48 hambone, 17–18 “hamster” deejays, 44 heterogeneous sound ideal, 150 Hill, Lauren. See “How Many Mics” historical models of hip-hop, 26–27 home studios, 46–48 “How Many Mics” (song by the Fugees), 206n8 Humperdinck, Engelbert, 149 internal characteristics of samples, 144–50 internet, 99 interpretive context, 153–68 “Jackin’ For Beats” (song by Ice Cube), 118, 205n6 Jackson, Michael, 179 Jake One, 48, 67–69, 70, 80, 84–85, 87, 89, 90, 93, 97–98, 99, 100, 107, 114, 115, 121, 166–67 James, Bob, 38, 82, 84, 125, 180 Jasiri Media Group. See Kylea, Wordsayer Jean, Wyclef, 76–77 Keys, Alicia, 151 King Otto, 49–50, 83, 91, 92, 98, 113, 114, 116, 124, 145–46, 155, 180 Kon and Amir, 204n3 Kool DJ Herc, 29, 31 KRS-ONE, 131 Kylea, 59, 74–75, 172, 173–74, 204n5 “lab, the,” 48, 202n10 Large Professor, The (Extra P), 40, 192 Lion’s Den, The, 17–48. See also Kylea, Wordsayer live instruments, 51–52, 63–78, 203n1 looping, 71, 98, 106, 136–39, 166–68, 205n1 224 Index Madlib, 158 Mantronik, Kurtis, 40 Marley Marl, 35 Martin, George, 41 masculinity, 3, 9, 94, 165. See also gender MC, MCing, 2, 170–74 Micranots. See DJ Kool Akiem Modeliste, Zigaboo, 35 Moroder, Giorgio, 41 MPC. See Akai MPC 2000 Mr. Supreme, 1, 19, 23, 42, 44, 70, 73, 83, 85–86, 88, 90–91, 93, 94, 97, 98...