Check out this fantastic book "Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop "

[thedreampolice]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Making-Beats-Sample-Based-Hip-Hop-Culture/dp/0819566969/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310509059&sr=8-1"]Amazon.com: Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop (Music Culture) (9780819566966): Joseph G. Schloss: Books[/ame]

Man the author does a great job of discussing the sampling and hip-hop culture. Its freaking great. A must read!

 

[slik da relic]

u guys have been on a roll lately... i can barely keep up with all the books, blogs and videos u guys find... good looks!

oh.. did u read it already?

da relic

 

[thedreampolice]

I never recommend a book unless I have already read it all the way through.

 

[slik da relic]

well, excuse me Mr. Officer!

da relic

 

[thedreampolice]

ha ha, that's right fool!

 

[Swift]

I read this the week i got it, good book.

 

[lion-ucs]

Stop lying DP, we all know you can't read.
You got a text to speech hooked up to read the forums to you.

 

[thedreampolice]

LMAO, yea but it sucks. Text to speech is not very good at Ebonics!

 

[lion-ucs]

Or onomatopoeias

 

[thedreampolice]

ha ha, funniest shit all day!