Leiber and Stoller formed perhaps the greatest rock and roll songwriting partnership of the Golden Age. So what does that have to do with Warren G.’s Gangsta Rap classic? Mount up and find out.
Totally! A few weeks back, I posted a total deconstruction of Dr. Dre's The Chronic. Talk about a densely packed album. You could build an entire record collection just by using the samples here as a starting point.
This is what I love so much about hip-hop, especially from this era. It's like getting a cryptic crossword answer right before knowing exactly why it's right. There's the immediate satisfaction, but then you strip the it apart and discover all the little scraps of music that make up the final song - great piece!
Thank you, Nathaniel! I could not agree more. Deconstructing hip hop songs and tracing their origins is most definitely a favorite hobby of mine. Really appreciate the note. Cheers!
Always fun hearing the samples from G funk hip hop, especially as the sample is almost always so radically different in tone/content to the song haha
Totally! A few weeks back, I posted a total deconstruction of Dr. Dre's The Chronic. Talk about a densely packed album. You could build an entire record collection just by using the samples here as a starting point.
This is what I love so much about hip-hop, especially from this era. It's like getting a cryptic crossword answer right before knowing exactly why it's right. There's the immediate satisfaction, but then you strip the it apart and discover all the little scraps of music that make up the final song - great piece!
Thank you, Nathaniel! I could not agree more. Deconstructing hip hop songs and tracing their origins is most definitely a favorite hobby of mine. Really appreciate the note. Cheers!