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@amirsaid, EIC | @amiralisaid, Managing Editor | Books: The BeatTips Manual • The Art of Sampling • Best Damn Hip Hop Writing [email protected]

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The BeatTips Manual, 7th Edition,
Limited paperback edition

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Whenever somebody asks me, “The Beatles or Rolling Stones?”
I always say, “Led Zeppelin.” Maybe it’s just me.

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Excerpt from The BeatTips Manual: The Art of Beatmaking, The Hip Hop/Rap Music Tradition, and The Common Composer, 7th Edition

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Hip Hop Theory…

Hip hop/rap music is an art form and system governed by its own principles and rules. It’s based on methods, techniques, practices, and processes cultivated from within its own tradition and the larger Black music tradition.

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In the hip hop/rap music tradition, the “rap” or the “rhyme” describes the chief (native) form of vocalization, while the “beat” is used to describe the entire instrumental.

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Changing attitudes about sampling and copyright law…

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“Many traditionally trained musicians who become beatmakers (producers) often attempt to do two things that are actually contrary to the tenets of hip hop/ap music - things that often lead to the creation of hip hop/rap-like beats at best, or just plain wack beats at worst.”

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“In terms of the "drumless hip hop" aesthetic that was best popularized (not first done) by Roc Marciano in 2010, there's some confusion about and misrepresentation of what ‘drumless’ actually means.”

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Durag Dynasty - “360 Waves”

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“No matter how we differ in our initial approach to getting a new beat started, we all set out to find relatively the same thing: A base (primary) rhythm framework that has the right drums and the right overall sound.”

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Brand Nubian - “All for One”

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“One of the things that makes beatmaking such a unique musical tradition is the fact that its compositional method can incorporate, integrate, and convert any other music form into its own.”