Country Rock
& Hip-Hop
If country rock and hip-hop seem like disparate musical genres,
take a listen to the links below. If you
ask any quality hip-hop producer (e.g. KRS-ONE, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, DJ
Shadow, Prince Paul, Jay Dee, Cut Chemist to name a few) where their penchant
for beats come from, they’d probably pull out a stash of old country rock
records (along with some children’s records, library LPs, and an obscure album
from the US Navy). Whether the music is
country rock, hip-hop, gospel, folk, blues, jazz or techno, there are common
elements underlying their evolution and it’s no coincidence these musical forms
share the same ancestry. In the words of
Derrick May, Rhythm is Rhythm.
[You’ll need a Real Audio player to listen to these]
Name all of the original artists in each of the 10 clips above and
win a copy of Shawn Rudiman’s debut album “Synthesexual” on the Technoir-Audio
label. Email: