Jesse Stewart
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- April 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199949311
- eISBN:
- 9780199364749
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199949311.003.0011
- Subject:
- Music, Popular, History, American
Hip-hop aesthetics have shaped both the form and content of many films, including several hip-hop documentaries. An increasing number of filmmakers have adopted what can be thought of as a hip-hop ...
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Hip-hop aesthetics have shaped both the form and content of many films, including several hip-hop documentaries. An increasing number of filmmakers have adopted what can be thought of as a hip-hop sampling aesthetic as a means of structuring the audio, visual, and narrative elements of their films. This is particularly true of the documentaries Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool (1994), Keepintime: Talking Drums and Whispering Vinyl (2000), and Scratch (2001). This chapter examines the hip-hop sampling aesthetic in each of these films, focusing in particular on the ways in which these films sample sounds, images, and narratives associated with jazz music and culture specifically, thereby articulating a sense of cultural memory and implicitly advocating for increased cultural legitimacy for hip-hop music and culture.Less
Hip-hop aesthetics have shaped both the form and content of many films, including several hip-hop documentaries. An increasing number of filmmakers have adopted what can be thought of as a hip-hop sampling aesthetic as a means of structuring the audio, visual, and narrative elements of their films. This is particularly true of the documentaries Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool (1994), Keepintime: Talking Drums and Whispering Vinyl (2000), and Scratch (2001). This chapter examines the hip-hop sampling aesthetic in each of these films, focusing in particular on the ways in which these films sample sounds, images, and narratives associated with jazz music and culture specifically, thereby articulating a sense of cultural memory and implicitly advocating for increased cultural legitimacy for hip-hop music and culture.
