- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: Gingko Press, Inc (Oct 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1584231971
- ISBN-13: 978-1584231974
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 24.4 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 894,243 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Describes the studios of a variety of hip hop musicians and disc jockeys.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
disappointing,
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This review is from: Behind the Beat (Hardcover)
I ordered this book after seeing a couple of it's photos online. Being a home producer myself, i was interested to see inside the studios of many of my favourite artists to see what equipment they used and how they used it. I was fairly disappointed with the book when i recieved it though, as it contains very little text indeed, and doesn't even list what equipment each producer uses. There is also no complete discography for each artist, just a very short list of selected works.
The book feels like a rushed half baked attempt, and the photos which are supposed to be the main feature of the book are mostly fairly poor, with very little detail to examine due to the soft and almost blurred prints. Sadly i can't recommend it, certainly not at this price.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great selection,
This review is from: Behind the Beat (Hardcover)
Don't get this expecting it to be a detailed breakdown of producers' studios and how they make their music (although you can glean a lot of info from the photos if you know your equipment)
What this book does is let you walk into the studios of some of the best Hip Hop producers around, and it captures the feel of their creative spaces, showing you their basic setup and the environment in which many, many classic Hip Hop records have been made. There is a great selection of producers here, the author went all out to put together a quality line-up, and the book is very nicely presented with a classic sort of look and feel. Was it a wasted opportunity and should more info have been included to make it feel more 'complete'? Perhaps, though it is definitely a noble entry into the niche of Hip Hop production books - a great start that hopefully others will build on.
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4.4 out of 5 stars (16 customer reviews) 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Powerful in its simplicity,
By Nitin N. Ramlall "Dj and Producer" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Behind the Beat (Hardcover)
The point of this book was NOT to provide wanna-be producers with a grocery list of production gear to buy...it was not to reduce people's studio setups to a common checklist of items for others to buy.
The point of this book was to capture these producers' LIVES through pictuers. It does this by photographing their studios beautifully. The mess of vinyl records, the stacks of equipment on top of each other, and the general chaos of alot of these pictures shows you what producing is like. While you may not see the gear listed out for you (that would take a long time for each studio), you get a great insight into what these producers use to make their music. You see a selected discography (about 5 cuts) and a small description of each producer and their studio. The photos, again, are incredible to look at. Some in color, some in black and white, all of them very "real," and vintage-looking (just like the equipment). Don't buy this book as a study or how-to of producing. Buy it because you LOVE making music and can appreciate the beauty of the equipment used to do so. 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
RIP J-Dilla,
By Matt - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Behind the Beat (Hardcover)
This is a great "coffee table" book for fans of hip hop production and hip hop in general. Producers, especially, will appreciate a project like this, as we are granted access to the home studios of producers whose names we see lining the notes of CDs and vinyl releases. Most of the producers featured in the book are what you could call "underground" producers. There are also a handful of bigger names, like DJ Premier, J-Dilla and DJ Shadow, who also open their home studios to the camera.
The pictures of these studio setups are very "artsy". The book is nicely laid out - with a few pictures of each studio. There is very little text - basically a brief introduction to each producer and a shoirt list of their selected works. This was a great idea and I'm happy I found the book. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great book for anyone remotely interested in the process of making music!,
By Zeb91 "Hip Hop Head 4 Life" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Behind the Beat (Hardcover)
If your like me and love vinyl, read liner notes front to back, spend hours in dusty un-nameable places looking for that perfect record (preferably in the dollar bin) and produce your own music then this book is a worthy addition to your stuido. Even if you don't have a studio it's still worth pickin up if you are a fan of "underground" hip hop. Raph takes you to many of the most prestigous producers "bedroom" studio's (not all of them are bedrooms) showing you their working enviroment and their gear. I can sit and flip through this book for hours on end disecting each picture finding the key elements to the studio's (and trying to pick up some new titles to go diggin for). If you are at all interested in how the sonic landscapes were crafted for some of the greatest albums in the last 10-20 years pick this up! Not to mention the fact that the DJ Ransom's Mix CD is worth the price alone as it includes rare and classic tracks!
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