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📖The BeatTips Manual: Introduction
The BeatTips Manual: The Art of Beatmaking, The Hip Hop/Rap Music Tradition, and The Common Composer
Oct 3, 2020
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📖The BeatTips Manual: Introduction
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September 2020
Banana Nutrament: The Genius Of Ghostface Killah’s Pre-Verse Ad Libs
The beat to “Biscuits” drops and we hear Ghostface Killah angrily exclaim: “Yo… Who the fuck brought me this chocolate shit, man?
Sep 21, 2020
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Banana Nutrament: The Genius Of Ghostface Killah’s Pre-Verse Ad Libs
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Should Millennials Skip the Canon of Hip Hop/Rap Because There’s Too Much Music?
Although some of today’s artists have sidestepped studying hip hop/rap’s canon, others, including recent stars like Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, Joey…
Sep 15, 2020
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Should Millennials Skip the Canon of Hip Hop/Rap Because There’s Too Much Music?
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August 2020
🔎🎼 Stable & Fresh: Statik Selektah And Termanology’s ‘1982’
Highlighting music that stands the test of time — music that remains stable & fresh.
Aug 18, 2020
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🔎🎼 Stable & Fresh: Statik Selektah And Termanology’s ‘1982’
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The BeatTips Manual Daily Favorite: Rhymefest - "Give It To Me;" Dope Political Rap
Your daily dose of dope hip hop/rap music.
Aug 17, 2020
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The BeatTips Manual Daily Favorite: Rhymefest - "Give It To Me;" Dope Political Rap
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🔎🎼Stevie Wonder and The Beatles’s “We Can Work It Out”: The Link Between Cover Versions and Sampling
Stevie Wonder gives a popular Beatles tune more soul and adds new punch and feel. Although a cover is not sampling per se, it’s exactly what…
Aug 13, 2020
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🔎🎼Stevie Wonder and The Beatles’s “We Can Work It Out”: The Link Between Cover Versions and Sampling
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🔎🎼Rap Samples: Eddie Kendricks & AZ — "Loving You The Second Time Around" & "I'm Back"
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Aug 12, 2020
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🔎🎼Rap Samples: Eddie Kendricks & AZ — "Loving You The Second Time Around" & "I'm Back"
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Mainstream Rap Is Not The Boogeyman: Why The Mainstream Imbalance Argument Falls Flat
Party music, early ‘90s music, trap music, and awareness. Factors such as personal taste, knowledge of the art form, and individual choice determines…
Aug 11, 2020
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Mainstream Rap Is Not The Boogeyman: Why The Mainstream Imbalance Argument Falls Flat
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🎼Nottz – “Shine So Brite," A Demonstration of Rap Music’s Impenetrable Force Field
Song punctuates beatmaking’s ability to suspend hip hop/rap music in time.
Aug 10, 2020
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🎼Nottz – “Shine So Brite," A Demonstration of Rap Music’s Impenetrable Force Field
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The Music Industry Always Fumbles the Technology Bag
P2p, Napster, and Spotify are examples of the music industry’s crooked, nearsighted nature...and their knack for missing the big picture. Have they…
Aug 6, 2020
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The Music Industry Always Fumbles the Technology Bag
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FREE Copy of 'Ghetto Brother: How I Found Peace In The South Bronx Street Gang Wars'
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Aug 4, 2020
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FREE Copy of 'Ghetto Brother: How I Found Peace In The South Bronx Street Gang Wars'
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July 2020
🎤📓Music, Lyrics & Annotation: Sa'id - "Latin Souls"
“Latin Souls” - produced, written, and performed by Sa’id from the album The Best of Times (Superchamp Books)
Jul 28, 2020
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🎤📓Music, Lyrics & Annotation: Sa'id - "Latin Souls"
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