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Hip Hop began in the south Bronx of New York in the mid 70's, in it's early days it was a social experience, underprivileged African Americans and hispanic people who couldn't afford musical instruments but loved music would get together with record players and listen to songs, Dj's would mix and cut records together to make their own beats and later rapping and breakdancing emerged from this. With the technological advances in music during the 80's Hip Hop started to emerge. Samplers and drum machines helped Dj's armed with 2 turn tables and a mixer to create a new sound in black music which continued the political and cultural commentary of black America which had been fathered by the blues.

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"The South Bronx hip hop scene emerged in the mid-1970s from neighborhood block parties. Members of the scene plugged in the amplifiers for their instruments and PA speakers into the lampposts on 163rd Street and Prospect Avenue and used their live music events to break down racial barriers between African-Americans, Puerto Ricans, Whites and other ethnic groups."

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"Jamaican immigrant DJ Kool Herc also played a key role in developing hip hop music. At 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, Herc mixed samples of existing records and deejayed percussion "breaks", mixing this music with his own Jamaican-style "toasting" to rev up the crowd and dancers. Kool Herc is credited as the "father" of hip hop for developing the key DJ techniques that, along with rapping, founded the hip hop music style by creating rhythmic beats by looping breaks" on two turntables."

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Although Gil Scott Heron is not technically a hip hop artist I felt it relevant to mention hip as a Jazz singer and beat poet, his recordings from the 60's and 70's spoke of the unfair division of wealth in America, his beat poem "whitey on the moon" https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4 was a track about how the American government spent billions sending white people to space meanwhile black people where living in poverty, his words of protest and percussive vocal style aren't a million miles away from modern conscious rap.
Another track which adopts a hip hop style instrumental is the infamous "the revolution will not be televised" https://youtu.be/vwSRqaZGsPw

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Dr. Dre is a hip hop icon, he began his career as a dj from Compton, his early work with N.W.A. in the 80's defined the voice of protest from black Americans with increasing tensions between police and violent commentary on Los Angeles gang culture. He went on to discover and produce legendary artists such as Snoop Dogg, Tupac, Eminem and 50 Cent just to name a few. His influences from funk music of the 70's help define the G-funk style of the west coast in the 90's producing iconic albums such as "the Chronic"ll, and Snoop Dogg's 1993 debut "doggystyle"

I find Dre inspiring, he came from a place of hardship but had a vision to do something different, I can relate to this currently as Northern Ireland does not have much of a hip hop scene, I believe it has taken a while for the music to be culturally accepted by all walks of life, the UK has seen a massive surge in hip hop talent in recent years with the grime scene reaching new heights, uk hip hop artists are starting to sell more records even in America so why should Northern Ireland be any different, I see a serious lack of direction over here but constantly meet young rappers that want to do it but just don’t have the music or the know how, I see a massive opportunity to exploit this hole in the market with my own production skills.

Dr. Dre started his own label and help create the biggest hip hop artist of all time, Eminem, this was a pivotal moment for white musicians within hip hop music who’d previously been mostly joke figures with a few exceptions such as the Beastie boys and House of pain. As the culture evolves so must the business and marketing. My goal would be to eventually have my own studio with numerous musicians and skill sets I can utilize to create hit records, I am surrounded by untapped talent every day, the entrepreneurial side of me recognizes the opportunity here and the jobs I can create within music in this country as well as over seas. I’m not necessarily interested in my own headphone brand but who knows, part of Dr. Dre’s inspirational quality is his ability to diversify, for me he highlights many important qualities that make a successful producer  and business man.

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Dj Premier was one half of Hip Hop group Gangstarr and is now considered of the most influential hip hop producers of all time, he took the use of sampling to a different level and defined the sound of the "boom bap" sub genre which came to prominence in the 90's east coast hip hop scene. Dr Dre of course moved with the times and his style developed as the decades rolled on, Dj Premier is a Hip Hop purist, he still produces the classic hip hop sound or what he calls "real Hip Hop" (and I have to agree) which is using the key elements of sampling, turntablism and rapping. I believe he directly references his mission statement at the begging of the Gangstarr song "you know my steez"
https://youtu.be/JXCo_lR3Pp0

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In 1985 akai released the s612 which was the first digital sampler, from then on samplers became big business. In 1988 akai released the now iconic mpc,  which helped bring hip hop music out of the underground in the 80’s and establish what would become the golden age of hip hop in the 90’s.

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Now of course you can sample just about anything and turn it into an element in a song however hip hop had a very defined sound which mainly came from old funk and soul samples.

An example of this is "7 minutes of funk" by the whole darn family https://youtu.be/OJB6Ld2O0pI
This walking baseline was later sampled by Jay Z and Foxy Brown in their song "Ain't no Nigga" https://youtu.be/gSUwGKoJcYU
In this funky example of sampling we see how old meets new which was as much about paying homage to the their black musical influences as well as delivering a message.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music#Origins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Kool_Herc