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1) A mistake beat reading list. 2) "It just smacked me in the face what just happened. I was like, 'Hold up!' This will enable me to take any kick

1) DJ Screw Was a Beat HeadHow the Houston legend used greatly extended song lengths and long instrumental sequences to give producers their well-deserved shine.https://microchop.substack.com/p/dj-screw-was-a-beat-head 2) I’ve been listen

1) J Dilla Disassembled His Cassette Deck to Extend Certain SamplesHow one of rap music’s most storied producers used technological innovation to make incredible pause tape beats.https://microchop.substack.com/p/j-dilla-disassembled-his-c

1) The Importance of Cassette Tapes as a Sample SourceHow Evil Dee, Prince Paul, and Large Professor used cassette tape samples to make timeless music.https://microchop.substack.com/p/the-importance-of-cassette-tapes 2) Taking fragments of

1) Mixtape DJ Grandmaster Vic Influenced Large Professor's Production on Nas' "It Ain't Hard to Tell"What a 2012 XXL interview reveals about the importance of mixtape DJs in music production

1) Underground Memphis Rap Tapes, Gangsta Boo Verses, and Horror Movie SamplesThe importance of horror movie scores in making memorable cuts from Gangsta Boo's massive catalog.https://microchop.substack.com/p/underground-memphis-rap-tap

1) A reading list retracing the @Roland_US sound in rap, Miami bass, bounce, electro, and instrumental hip-hop. 2) Retracing the Roland Sound in Hip-HopArticle by @ginosorcinelli via @Roland_US https://articles.roland.com/retracing-the-rola

1) A Paul C. McKasty reading list. 2) "Paul told me to go ‘Boom,’ ‘Kick,’ that was all he told me do. That’s all I did. Then Paul hooked the

1) A Janet Jackson reading list. 2) "I didn’t want to break down the door, just slip in through the side. We thought this easy-to-get-with groove—real gentle but real sexy—would

1) A Breakbeat Lou/'Ultimate Breaks & Beats' reading list. 2) Ultimate Breaks & Beats: An Oral HistoryHow one essential vinyl collection transformed the sound of music and helped funky beats

1) A Missy Elliot reading list. 2) Revisit Spin's 1997 Missy Elliott Supa Dupa Fly Feature: “Play Missy For Me”Article by Karen R. Good via @SPIN https://www.spin.com/2017/06/miss-elliott-supa-dupa-fly-interview-feature/ 3) “Timb

1) A Sade reading list. 2) Sade: Our 1985 InterviewArticle by Jessica Berens via @SPIN https://www.spin.com/featured/sade-diamond-life-interview-may-1985/ 3) Sade’s Complex Relationship With Fame Can Still Teach Us Something, 15 Years Lat