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Diggin’ in the Crates
BeatTips MusicStudy: The Notations – “I’m Still Here”
A Lesson in Cooking the Groove
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
Once the groove gets established, it's continuously…
BeatTips MusicStudy: Gamble & Huff
Music Producers Worthy of Serious Study
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
Soul music historians can say what they…
MusicStudy: The Falcons – “I Can’t Help It”
Rhtym and Groove Set to Changing Time Signatures and Amazingly Staggering Syncopation
By AMIR SAID…
BeatTips MusicStudy: O.C. Feat. Yvette Michelle – “Far From Yours”
Unassuming Beat, but Intensely Hip Hop/Rap
By Amir Said (Sa'id)
One of the better marriages between hip…
BeatTips MusicStudy And Diggers Goldmine: Bobby Boyd Congress – “Dig Deep In Your…
Early Funk From Obscure, Little-Known Outfit
By Amir Said (Sa'id)
One of the things that makes digging…
BeatTips MusicStudy: New Birth – “I Can Understand It”
One Of The Most Formidable Funk Bands Of All Time Cover's Bobby Womack Classic And Makes It Their Own
By…
Bob James Says Sampling, In Some Cases, Is The Best Of All Possible Worlds
Famed Jazz Fusion Artist And Sampling Mainstay, Discusses His Views On The Art Of Sampling In Hip Hop/Rap…
BeatTips Pick of the Week: William Cooper – “One Roll of the Dice”
Beat Equal Weight To The Rhyme; William Cooper One To Watch
By Amir Said (Sa'id)
William Cooper, in a…
MusicStudy: Classic Ghostface Killah – “Guest House” feat. Shareefa and Fabololus
Storytelling Mastery Over Cinematic, Sample-Based Beat
By Amir Said (Sa'id)
I gotta admit that I had…
MusicStudy/Diggin’ in the Crates with Jacky Giordano
Milky Bass Lines, Tough Drums, Wah Wah Guitar, and Organs Personify these Two Amazing Grooves
By Amir…