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Micro-Chop
Aug 7, 2019
“The Original Two-Track Bounced to a CDR”: The Making of ‘Big Shoes’
House Shoes and Big Tone on…
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Jun 14, 2019
“Yo, I Need Beats Fam, I’m a Fan”: An In-Depth Breakdown of ‘86 Witness’
From a one-off remix to a…
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Gino Sorcinelli
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May 24, 2019
DJ Screw Raised Appreciation for Lyricism and Rappers from All Coasts
A look at how DJ Screw enhanced…
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Gino Sorcinelli
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Micro-Chop
May 20, 2019
Erick Sermon Used a Karaoke Machine to Make a Hit Out of a Just Blaze Beat
The story of how an early…
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Gino Sorcinelli
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Micro-Chop
May 3, 2019
J Dilla Disassembled His Cassette Deck To Extend Certain Pause Tape Samples
How one of rap music’s…
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May 3, 2019
The Definitive Micro-Chop Pause Tape Resource
Everything I’ve ever written, read, listened to, and/or…
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Apr 29, 2019
The Definitive Micro-Chop Pause Tape Resource
Everything I’ve ever written, read, listened to, and/or…
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Gino Sorcinelli
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Micro-Chop
Apr 8, 2019
“I Was Trying to Take Control of My Narrative” — An Oddisee Interview
The DC native discusses making…
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Gino Sorcinelli
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Feb 20, 2019
DJ Quik Made “Hey Playa (Moroccan Blues)” out of a
‘Bizarre Foods’
Sample
In 2009, DJ Quik took an…
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Gino Sorcinelli
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Feb 18, 2019
Large Pro Made Eric B. & Rakim’s “In The Ghetto” from a Cassette Sample
How a Paul C-discovered sample…
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