The Holy Book of Hip-Hop was a catalogue of musical samples used in hip-hop music, published in 2001 by Black Glove Publishing. The Los Angeles Times has identified its origins as an illicit print version of Blaine Armsterd's "Sampling FAQ", which was itself compiled from Armsterd's own record collection, from liner notes, and from posts to Usenet.Mystery solved: “Bronco” settles Mobb Deep sampling question that’s remained hidden since ’95; also published as "POP & HISS; Cracking the tracks; For some hip-hop fans, finding the source of a song's sampling hook is what it's all about."; by Oliver Wang; in The Los Angeles Times; published April 5, 2011; retrieved September 19, 2024 The Journal of the Society for American Music has referred to it as a "predecessor" of "websites like WhoSampled".Conjured from Fragments: KMD's Mr. Hood and the Transformative Poetics of the Golden Age Rap Album, by James G. McNally, in the Journal of the Society for American Music; Volume 15, Issue 4, November 2021, pp. 400 - 423; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1752196321000298
Shortly after its publication, Vice praised it as "thorough-ass", "a dope and informative tool" and superior to "those Strictly Breaks comp[ilation]s", noting that it goes "from the obvious (...) to the rather obscure", and faulting it only for lacking an index.The Holy Book of Hip Hop, reviewed by "Busta Nut"; published in Vice (volume 8, issue 4); archived online November 30, 2001; retrieved September 19, 2024 In 2021, however, Pitchfork noted that "many of its entries turned out to be incorrect".Sample Snitching: How Online Fan Chatter Can Create Legal Trouble for Rap Producers, by Mosi Reeves; at Pitchfork; published January 21, 2021; retrieved September 19, 2024
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