Contents
New Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xiii
1 Introduction 1
2 “It’s about Playing Records”: History 25
3 “It Just Doesn’t Sound Authentic”: Live Instrumentation versus Hip-Hop Purism 63
4 Materials and Inspiration: Digging in the Crates 79
5 Sampling Ethics 101
6 Elements of Style: Aesthetics of Hip-Hop Composition 135
7 The Outer Circle: From Samplers to Ears 169
8 Conclusions 195
New Afterword 199
Endnotes 219
Bibliography 229
Interviews by Author 237
Discography 241
Index 243
