Do you remember the first rap song you heard on the radio?

What was different?

What was familiar?

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Remember Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper Delight?

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Remember Chic’s Good Times?

Rapper’s Delight is a sample of Good Times

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Hank Shocklee took sampling even further……

Sampling multiple songs to create songs for the group PublicEnemy…

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Creative Sampling Is Still Good For Rap Music!!!

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In the past 10 years…

Rap music has relied less and less on sampling…..

In order to achieve a more pop driven sound.

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Cooperate sales and Popular consumption trends….

Have changed the direction of ra

p music.

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Why Should You listen To Me?

I am a fan and also producer of the music…

With over 14 years of insight into the indusrty.

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Listen and compare today’s popular rap

With that of the past.

Can You tell a difference??

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1) Rap was more creative when created with samples

2) Sampling introduced younger listeners to older music

3)Sampling gave rise to professionals that broke musical barriers

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Point One

Rap music was more creative and distinctive when createdWith samples…

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With So Many different players in the game…….

Even using the same samples can provide infinitely different results.

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Point Two

Sampling Introduces youth to music of the past…

And help make past or unknown artist relevant.

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My own record collection was built by reading

My favorite albums liner notes

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Point Three

Sampling gave rise to professionals that broke barriers in the

Music industry.

Dr. Dre and DJ Premier have both built

Successful careers that began from

Sampling old and obscure music.

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Read your liner notes

What songs where sampled in your favorite rap song?

Who used the same sample material?

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Rap Music Thrived on sampling from the past…

It also introduced listeners to older forms of music

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Young musicians have become professional at and

Famous for creating new music from

Classics of yesterday…

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Creative Sampling is Still Good For Rap Music

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Realize that Rap Music is lost without the use of sampling…