MUS 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Wild Style, Rick Rubin, Slick Rick
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An increase number of compromises needed to be made: length of songs, introduction of hooks , more musical" features, adopting of song forms: verse/chorus, sometimes a bridge, shifts in subject matter. These were also opportunities: there was an opportunity to explore new ideas new technologies and new modes of expression, the shift in primary work context from the club to the recording studio allowed for a more reflective and leisurely working method, there was now the possibility of reaching a wider audience and making some real money. The main shifts in production were: sampling became widespread as the basis of the beat, the increase use drum machines, in mc"ing a much wider variety of subject matters becomes common, as did a much wider variety of narrative styles and positions (i. ee who"s telling the story and how are they telling it) She also comes up with some larger categories of rap"s verbal archetypes: narrative, exhortation/proclamation, description, battle, allegory, realism.
