The arrival of beefy-sounding drum machines made it possible for non-musicians and producers to make their own beats with little else in the way of kit, resulting in stripped-down, beat-heavy tracks like Run DMC’s “ Sucka MCs” and Pumpkin And The Profile All-Stars “ Here Comes That Beat!” Before this relatively affordable beat-making hardware became available, hip-hop records were often made with live musicians replaying disco classics on records such as The Sugarhill Gang’s “ Rapper’s Delight” (a reworking of Chic’s “ Good Times”), or funk grooves recorded onto tape from vinyl on tracks like West Street Mob’s “ Break Dance – Electric Boogie” (which employed the breakbeat and instrumental hook from Incredible Bongo Band’s “ Apache”). Rewind back to our tutorial on making a boom bap beat on BandLab, we learned that the classic sound of 80s hip-hop was dominated by drum machines – in particular the Oberheim DMX and Roland TR-808.
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