Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music. Modern hip hop production uses samplers, sequencers, drum machines, synthesizers, turntables, and live instrumentation. Though the term encompasses all aspects of hip hop music, it's most commonly used to refer to the instrumental, non-lyrical aspects of hip hop. This means that hip hop producers are the instrumentalists involved in a work. A hip hop instrumental is commonly referred to as a be...
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Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music. Modern hip hop production uses samplers, sequencers, drum machines, synthesizers, turntables, and live instrumentation. Though the term encompasses all aspects of hip hop music, it's most commonly used to refer to the instrumental, non-lyrical aspects of hip hop. This means that hip hop producers are the instrumentalists involved in a work. A hip hop instrumental is commonly referred to as a beat, and hip hop producers are commonly referred to as beatmakers.
Beginning DJ Kool Herc in the late 60's, DJs began using several breaks (the part of a funk or jazz song in which the music "breaks" to let the rhythm section play unaccompanied) in a row to use as the rhythmic basis for danceable music. From here, Herc would alternate between two turntables, from break to break, to create an ongoing loop called a breakbeat—a technique which was termed the "merry-go-round". The emergence of samplers and sequencers allowed drum beats and samples...
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