Nod to The Legend · Happy accidents · Mid 1980s
Marley Marl's Snare
Producer, Juice Crew
As he tells it, while sampling a vocal he caught a snare by mistake, played it over a beat and realized you could build drums from records. His sampled drums changed how hip-hop beats were made.
Still heard: Chopping drums from records is the root of boom bap.
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- Roger Linn: Drum machine and MPC designer
- The E-mu SP-1200: Sampling drum machine
- DJ Premier: Producer, Gang Starr
- Harold Rhodes: Inventor of the Rhodes electric piano
- J Dilla: Detroit producer
- Nujabes: Tokyo producer