Check the Technique explained

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Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies
Author:Brian Coleman
Cover Artist:Dreu Pennington-McNeil
Country:United States
Language:English
Subject:Hip hop music
Genre:Non-fiction
Publisher:Villard/Random House
Pub Date:2007
Pages:528 pp
Isbn:978-0812977752
Dewey:782.42164909 22
Congress:ML3531 .C65 2007
Oclc:76961265

Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies is a book by music journalist Brian Coleman that covers the making of 36 classic hip hop albums, based on interviews with the artists who created them, also providing a track-by-track breakdown for each album entirely in the words of the artists.[1] [2] It was published by Villard/Random House in 2007.

It is an expanded and updated version of the book Rakim Told Me,[3] also by Brian Coleman, and it features a foreword by Questlove of the Roots.[2]

Reception

The book received positive reviews from numerous press outlets,[4] such as Entertainment Weekly,[5] AllHipHop,[6] ALARM Magazine,[7] and The Onion/The A.V. Club.[3]

Some criticisms of the book are that it is missing certain classic albums, is missing some tracks from some albums, that it has very few female artists covered,[7] and "little attention is given to the outlining societal conditions."[8]

Brian Coleman explained in interviews that he did not intentionally leave any album out of the book, but there were difficulties in arranging interviews with certain artists.[9] [10] He also commented he wanted to focus on hip hop artists and what they had to say, rather than on academic subjects surrounding hip hop: "I don't really wanna read what critics have to say about the stuff. I wanna read what the artist has to say."[10] He added,

This approach has been praised by critics—URB commented on his "mercifully non-academic approach",[11] and ALARM Magazine said,

Sequel

Check the Technique Vol. 2: More Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies was published in 2014.

Notes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Check the Technique by Brian Coleman - Book - eBook . Random House . 2012-01-08.
  2. Web site: Wax Facts Press :: About the Book . Waxfacts.com . 2007-06-12 . 2012-01-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007094504/http://www.waxfacts.com/about_ctt.htm . 2011-10-07 . dead .
  3. Web site: Matos . Michaelangelo . Brian Coleman: Check The Technique . https://archive.today/20130117114741/http://www.avclub.com/articles/check-the-technique,3399/ . dead . January 17, 2013 . The A.V. Club . 2007-07-06 . 2012-01-08.
  4. Web site: Wax Facts Press :: About the Book . Waxfacts.com . 2012-01-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007094512/http://www.waxfacts.com/press_ctt.htm . 2011-10-07 .
  5. Web site: Neil Drumming . Check the Technique Review . EW.com . 2007-06-08 . 2012-01-08.
  6. Web site: Sidik Fofana . Check The Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies . AllHipHop.com . 2007-07-03 . 2012-01-08 . https://archive.today/20120712202709/http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviewsbooks/archive/2007/07/03/18213519.aspx . 2012-07-12 . dead .
  7. http://www.alarmpress.com/1302/book-reviews/check-the-technique-liner-notes-for-hip-hop-junkies/
  8. Web site: Sam Chennault . His Writing Technique is Unstoppable - Page 1 - Music - San Francisco . SF Weekly . 2007-06-27 . 2012-01-08.
  9. Web site: World's Best Source For That Ol' Boom Bap . www.thaformula.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071103111641/http://www.thaformula.com/brian_coleman_critically_acclaimed_thaformula_music.html . 2007-11-03.
  10. Web site: Sidik Fofana . Brian Coleman: Liner By Liner . AllHipHop.com . 2007-07-17 . 2012-01-08 . https://archive.today/20130116212455/http://allhiphop.com/stories/features/archive/2007/07/17/18271819.aspx . 2013-01-16 . dead .
  11. Web site: Wax Facts Press :: About the Book . Waxfacts.com . 2012-01-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007094543/http://www.waxfacts.com/quotes_ctt.htm . 2011-10-07 .

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