Hip Hop Sampling

READ: Academic Papers On Sampling By Amanda Sewell

(th Wonder at Harvard - one of many hip hop forays into academic circles

Thanks to musicologist Amanda Sewell, we have some academic papers on the subject of sampling. Sampling is synonymous with interactive technology. The pressing of pads on an MPC or Maschine, the splicing of audio on a DAW or even the manual pausing on cassette. But we don’t really see many books or papers on the …

Hip Hop

Gangrene - You Disgust Me

Gangrene put their latest album You Disgust Me on Spotify, free to stream. Arguably one of my favourite hip hop duos in recent years is Gangrene and after their fantastic sophomore LP, Vodka & Ayahuasca, the gang are back with You Disgust Me. The album features rap heavyweights Evidence, Sean Price (RIP), Your Old Droog, …

Electronic

Scott Xylo - A Week With Out You EP

Scott Xylo turns heartbreak into dope music in the form of A Week With Out You EP. Break ups are a bitch and there are a million and one ways to handle them, some more productive others not so much. With our own Scott Xylo, he took to the medium of music to express his …

Hip Hop

Ceiling Demons - Even If

North Yorkshire, stand up. The hip-hop trio known as Ceiling Demons have dropped a properly beautiful track entitled ‘Even If’ and you should listen to it. Not now but right now.