Hip Hop Sample Jazz Analysis

The article Hip-hop Samples Jazz was one of the most interesting articles that I read this semester. The information was topical, engaging and interesting to me because the author provided for me the perfect blend for me. The blend created authentic clarity of the genre (hip-hop) I am most familiar with the genre (jazz) that I am now becoming more accustomed. I use the word authentic in my description of the article because it has become clear to as I progressed through this course that Jazz is all about authenticity and the use of jazz samples in Hip-hop, helps in its authenticity because the lack of history in the Hip-hop genre.
The sound of Michael Bublé voice is both interesting and intriguing to today’s audience because it conjures up nostalgia and provides a frame of reference to a time period in jazz music where crooners evoked the vocals of the smooth jazz music that provided the melodies and the harmonies. We all know that hip-hop music has its foundation in many different cultures; the dub step of the Caribbean, the lyrics of story telling from country and soul music and the overall musicianship of Jazz. Sampling is the foundation of hip-hop music but the sampling in hip-hop provides a …show more content…
But while we identify old records from different genres, the foundation of many of these old records stands on the shoulders of Jazz. The author also says “The only thing that is original in our music is the lyrics” but here I disagree, sampling is an art and an art form that contributes to the music; using Jazz samples in hip-hop doesn’t make it less original, it makes the music more