Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackChristopher R. Weingarten provides a thrilling account of how the Bomb Squad produced such a singular-sounding record: engineering, sampling, scratching, constructing, deconstructing, reconstructing - even occasionally stomping Weingarten treats the samples used on Nation Of Millions as molecules of a greater whole, slivers of music that retain their own secret histories and folk traditions. Can the essence of a hip-hop record be found in the motives, emotions and energies of the artists it samples? Is it likely that something an artist intended 20 years ago would re-emerge anew? This is a compelling and thoroughly researched investigation that tells the story of one of hip-hop's landmark albums. |
Contents
1 Yes The rhythm the rebel | 1 |
2 This is a sampling sport | 36 |
3 Back Caught you looking for the same thing | 43 |
4 Beat is the father of your rock n roll | 62 |
5 Consider yourselves warned | 72 |
6 All in were gonna win | 75 |
7 Def Jam tells you who I am | 103 |
8 Here we go again | 132 |
Works cited | 139 |
Special Thanks | 148 |
Notes | 149 |
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Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Christopher R. Weingarten Limited preview - 2010 |
Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Christopher R. Weingarten Limited preview - 2010 |
Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Christopher R. Weingarten No preview available - 2010 |