ISMIR 2016: Why Hip-Hop Is Interesting Ethan Hein ethanhein.com @ethanhein
ISMIR 2016: Why Hip-Hop Is Interesting
Ethan Heinethanhein.com@ethanhein
Hip-hop is the musical language of global urban youth
Hip-hop and rap are not the same thing
Hip-hop is built on the appropriation and creative manipulation of existing recordings
Hip-hop rarely involves traditional instruments; the digital studio is the instrument
Hip-hop production is about sound and rhythm, not harmony and form
The music is the productionThe production is the music
Run-DMC - "Sucker MCs"
Sister Nancy
"Do What You Gotta Do" (1968)
"Wake Up Mr. West" (2005)
Kanye West
"Famous" (2016)
SwizzBeatz Rihanna
"Bam Bam" (1982) "Bam Bam" (1966)
"Stalag 17" (1974)
Ansel Collins
The Maytals
Byron Lee &The Dragonaires
"The Well-Tempered Clavier" (1722)
"Mi Sono Svegliato E... Ho Chiuso Gli Occhi" (1973)
Nina Simone
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"Someone That I Used To Love" (1980)
Natalie Cole
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Herbie Hancock - "Chameleon"
America's music springs from the African diaspora
Copyright law is sampling-unfriendly
Auto-Tune: the death of authenticity or the next step in vocal expression?