The Boom Bap style of Hip-Hop was developed and nurtured in the 90s. It’s a distinctive head-nodding sound that has grown in popularity over recent years, possibly as a backlash against the less organic sounds…
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Of all the music genres Hip-Hop is probably the most reliant on samples. In fact it pretty much introduced sampling to the musical landscape in the late 80s. And the catalyst for this Hip-Hop sampling…
Boom-Bap Hip-Hop is considered by many to be the purest form of Hip-Hop. This is due to its direct lineage to Hip-Hop’s foundations built on manipulating vintage ‘break-beat’ recordings. The boom-bap style was originally formulated…
From time to time a piece of influential music gear will come along and create seismic shockwaves. It may birth an entire genre or change the sound and direction of an established musical style. In…
When it comes to iconic pieces of sampling hardware they don’t get much mightier than the E-mu SP1200. This 80’s 12-bit beast has reached legendary status in recent years, particularity within the Boom-Bap Hip-Hop fraternity.…
