Jazz Hip Hop Guide

For producers and musicians, creating Jazz Hip Hop often involves:

: Specifically his album Shades of Blue , where he was given access to the Blue Note Records archives to remix classic tracks. Jazz Hip Hop

: Using compact, sophisticated chord movements (like vamps) and loose, unquantized piano or synth parts to mimic a live feel. For producers and musicians, creating Jazz Hip Hop

by Ronnie Foster (sampled for A Tribe Called Quest's "Electric Relaxation"). For producers and musicians

Watch these tutorials and breakdowns to see how the genre's iconic sound is built from the ground up:

: Manipulating records by slowing them down, changing pitch, or extracting drum breaks.