USA 2014
German Premiere
Language: English
Director: Kenneth Price
Camera: Dan Lennon, Daniel Thomas, Shwan Ishihara
Script: Kenneth Price
Producer: Torry Holt, Jenny Hwa, Phazer Laboratories, Airtype Studios
Distributer: Kenneth Price
Lenght: 79 min
Format: BD
Color: Farbe
Age Limit: <

”These Are The Breaks” - accompanied by Kenneth Price, the producer (Jay-Z, Erykah Badu) and Grammy winner Patrick Douthit alias 9th Wonder together with the Harvard professors Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Marcyliena Morgan discuss the growing academic relevance of hip-hop as an art form in the context of Afro-American culture. In the search for the milestones of sampling history, the Harvard Fellow battles his way through jazz and funk breaks, analyzes legendary hip-hop productions and explains the musical process from crate digging via sampling & looping down to the final beat. Support comes from DJ Premier, Kendrick Lamar, Young Guru and further ambassadors of hip-hop.