How Jazz and Hip Hop Harmonize: J Dilla, Herbie Hancock, and Nas
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
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Hip hop’s foundation and evolution owe itself to jazz. And it’s reciprocal. Jazz has borrowed from all facets of hip hop culture and musical contributions, showing that one of the country’s oldest genres is still young at heart. Together Linda Diaz and LA Buckner work together to break down how these two genres cross-pollinate.
LA Buckner talks to Karriem Riggins about the J Dilla formula. Linda Diaz interviews Lakecia Benjamin about the ways hip hop has influenced her as a jazz saxophonist. Make sure to stay for the end to see their original jazz and hip-hop inspired track.
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00:00 - Intro
00:44 - Pop Quiz
02:04 - Jazz, Scatting, and Lyrical Wordplay
05:20 - Jazz Influence in Rap Styles
06:14 - Improvisation
06:50 - Sampling
11:19 - Hip-hop's Influence on Jazz
12:50 - J Dilla's Influence
17:06 - Jazz and Hip-Hop Today
19:00 - The Original Track
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That track is smoother than butter, really well done.
:) jazz is artistically poetic
Can I rap to what you produced at the end? That was 🔥🔥🔥 ... let me know if a collab is possible?
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"And honestly we could devote a whole episode to jazz samples in rap"
PLEASE DO
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Yes Please
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Whoever edits these deserves a pat on the back 🤝
Danielle Riseley does all of the animations! Make her famous :) instagram.com/lee.elle.eel/
And a raise!
One mounth without bandstand are like 31 days without bandstand
The only thing that stuck out to me was that it showed a picture of a cello instead of an upright bass. Other than that it's impeccable
But why did it stop there? Lolol
Most underrated channel on RUclips?
that's actually true
@@SoundFieldPBS for real tho
Real
So true
@@m.c.ravioli1521 def is
*mentions J Dilla halfway through the video*
me: *waits for them to mention my homie Nujabes*
video: 18:42
me: :')
RIP Nujabes!
TIL it’s pronounced “Nooja-bess”. Always thought it was “New-jah-bays”
@@mienaikoe Linda's the one that taught me how to pronounce it
@@mienaikoe i thought it was noo-ha-bays like Spanish or something lol.
@@mienaikoe for so many years I've been pronouncing it "new-jabs" lol
Madlib! He is this fusion personified.
for real..the yesterdays new quintet project is proof that Otis is from another planet...
Otis Jackson Trio, Sound Directions.... all Madlib.
I was thinking the same thing
Yeah, Yesterday's New Quintet opens many doors & windows.
He even released an album on the legendary jazz label Blue Notes records
As an older hip-hop head, I can say this mini doc really captures the topic, the only criticism I have is that they forgot about GURU and his Jazzmatazz series of music compilations.
Glad we got your respectt Craig. There was a lot that just couldn't make the cut. 20 minutes is our longest episode yet and we still didn't have time for everything.
I wish I could give you 2 thumbs up 👍 I’m going to find my cd right now.
@@jayephbee Loungin with Donald Byrd 😍, losts souls with Jay Kay ❤️, Medecine with Ini Kamoze 😍 haha. These albums had so many good collabs, especially the first two
My first thoughts exactly!!!! Vol 1 dropped in 1993... smh
I can't see how they forgot about guru's jasmatazz album
Rakim also got his flow from imitating jazz rhythms and even played saxophone and was a John Coltrane fan.
I was thinking the same thing
Coltrane is the goat
Yes, I thought the same and even considered it a huge omission.
fantastic way of kicking off black history month... two genres intrinsically linked to black culture, history and experience. big thumbs up sound field!
Next up is country music and how black culture influenced it
@@keraatkins7833 LOVE!!!
@@rockingthemike twitter.com/JulianWyllie/status/1356297058550996992?s=20
@@SoundFieldPBS i am ALL ears!
They love the music but not the people who made it
I have a degree in music where I took classes specifically on the histories of Hip-Hop and Jazz, and I still learned new information from this video. Thanks for spreading the knowledge!
Of course you learned more. School would never, or could never teach you much of the history of the people and their art. Hip hop and Jazz is the music of African people. African art has never been made to dissect and analyze, but rather to be felt and to inspire the people on a spiritual level.
I feel like every time I dive back into a musical genre, even one I've been knowledgeable about, I always find something new. This video introduced me to a couple artists I didn't know due to samples used, and a couple newer artists. Music is an endless flood, and I love it.
“So did you get them all right?”
Me:😔
“If not, that’s fine. You’re going to learn more now.”
Me:😃
But damn y'all really just overlooked Guru's Jazzmatazz series?! He literally made albums with Jazz legends!
Vol 1 dropped in 1993, definitely important to the topic, miss opportunity.
RIP Guru
Exactly, All the jazzmatazz stuff or the us3 Hand on the Torch Album or something like erykah badu, d‘angelo or Even a Few Parts of mac miller
Good seeing Digable Planets getting some love. They're often forgotten and criminally underrated!
True
Fax
RIP NUJABES... You were my high school life
Actually kinda crazy that all this info is free. Thank you guys!
wait til you find out about wikipedia.
That "Get dis money" sample just feels perfect every time I hear it. Immediately fixes my attitude
one of the best ever uses of sample
always scary when videos like this come out during my just intense binge of j dilla, his influence, and the love of jazz
we were watching you!
J Dilla is genuinely my biggest inspiration. Hands down the best producer in hip hop; he'd make some of his most beautiful and famous beats in less than an hour. Track 35 and Weedem I believe was made in less than an hour and those alone burn buildings. RIP Jay Dee forever
ahmad jamal is a beast his music appears in so many hiphop songs . his music is timeless
Ahmad Jamal is GOATed for sure!!
Dey don't kno
"You could find the Abstract listening to hip hop
My pops used to say, it reminded him of be-bop
I said, well daddy don't you know that things go in cycles"
Ahh...yeah!
"You could find Dilla listening to Abstract
My pops used to say it reminded him of Jazz Cats
See he told me that this game go in cycles"
Could anybody translate for the underinitiated?
@@morgengabe1 it’s the opening from excursions by a tribe called quest on their record the low end theory
....way that Bobby Brown is just ampin like Michael.....
I want to point people to Sama’an Ashrawi’s video of Thundercat talking about how he and Flying Lotus got to introduce Herbie Hancock to J Dilla’s flip of “Come Running To Me” on “Get Dis Money”. It’s a great anecdote.
I wasn't expecting to see the Tiny Desk Winner in here. That's dope.
But yea, Jazz is hip again. With artist like Robert Glasper, everyone on Brainfeeder, DOMi & JD Beck, as well as Adam Neely's videos bringing jazz back into the forefront, is a net good for the culture.
Linda Diaz joined the team back in August and then immediately won the Tiny Desk Contest. That was a wild time! Go follow her she's on the come up instagram.com/lindadiazmusic
Jazz was always hip ... but I get what you’re saying
@@milesfarnan9049 It did smell funny for a while though.
Don't forget about Terrace Martin🎷🎵🎼🎧
@@unclebaobabmusic No you just weren't listening
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mondays with new Sound Field = good
STONKS!
@@SoundFieldPBS what about house music/electronic music? How did it come through?
The concept of sing/speaking over beats also came from toasting reggae + dancehall music on sound systems in Jamaica in the 60’s/70’s. RIP U-Roy
@Aluthando Bottoman
"If you did your research. you'd know that.."
Oh dear did I make a mistake? Please forgive me for not being the all knowing music historian of all time! Musical influences come from many places. Ego only comes from one.
Peace.
@Aluthando Bottoman Exactly. No need for the condescending tone.
I am VERY confused by how The Roots didn't get mentioned in this ENTIRE analysis of the co-mingling and co-inspiration of these two genres. They're a hip-hop group with live JAZZ musicians. How did they not get shown appreciation?
I'm also confused that the intimacy of hip-hop and jazz that was demonstrated throughout the ERA of neo-soul and conscious hip-hop of the late 90s-early 00s did not get recognition here.
Yeah man. Things fell apart due to them not mentioning The Roots.
y'all fr namedropped all my favorite artists around that 18:30 mark.
Same. All of those are my soundtrack to my workday. Listening to Kamasi while on a train between cities... makes me feel things. BBNG if I need hype. Louis Cole if I _really_ need to get hyped. Moonchild and Nubya Garcia for the chillout.
You can basically trace a line in any direction from that core intersection of jazz and hiphop and you'll find all my favourite artists. There's a connection, be it one or two degrees of separation, to everything I like.
What a host he is, the knoledge, the swag, and obviuosly the voice
As if you didn't already know that Black is Beauty!!!
I'm so glad people out there remember the Freestyle Fellowship
Inner city griots changed my life
RIP DOUBLE K... he and THES ONE deserves they own 20min video
18:34 I really missed Alfa Mist there (I know it's impossible to mention everyone, I just love his music)
I would have loved to hear Nina Simone mentioned in this conversation. She contributed so much vocally and instrumentally to Hip Hop.
Glad I found this video by YT accident. Best 20 minutes today.
So glad you mentioned Digable Planets! As a jazz fan, Blowout Comb was the album that really introduced me to hip hop, and it remains one of my favorite albums
Turntablism is jazz, I do not separate the two. One and the same, the turntable is the instrument and the performance is the language. The record is the tonality of the instrument.
Excellent episode! RIP J Dilla
Ive been listening to Dilla for more than 20 years, I never thought I would become a bigger fan. The man's legacy is a treasure
I'd love to see an episode about sampling
What would the ideal sampling episode be like?
@@SoundFieldPBS it's a good question. I'm lost.
@@SoundFieldPBS I would suggest talking about how it went from the turntables with breakbeats to layering loops from various sources and making them work together to make a song all the way to producers using chopping techniques (sometimes as a work around sample clearance issues) to rearrange a sample into something totally different from the source.
Include things like how the sampling laws forced creative methods (as the aforementioned chopping) as well as those who had sampled prior to it becoming a staple of hip hop.
@@apexone5502 and dont forget jungle!
It’s nice seeing a video essay about black music hosted by black artists, great video yall! 🤟🏼🤟🏼
so happy you mentioned nubya garcia - she's a legend in the making in the London jazz scene
Would love to learn more about how this fusion is mixing with funk and rock in London/UK with artists like Yussef Dayes/Jordan Rakei/Alfa Mist/Barney Artist/Tom Misch. That crew seems like such an interesting subject for a profile
especially there its a fusion of dub, broken beat, dnb, etc. : )
true, so much electronic streams flowing in too!
100% would love to see this. The London/UK scene has been such a breath of fresh air!
Also DOMi and JD Beck :)
I agree!! I’m loving all those artists, someone just needs to make a feature documentary on that whole scene.
I remember a few years back when Herbie Hancock played a solo piano concert at the Kennedy Center in DC. Somebody in the audience yelled out 'Rocket' and the whole auditorium busted out in laughter.
Jazz and Hip-Hop is the perfect marriage. Both art forms enhance eachother. You got a new Subscriber. 👊🏾✌🏾
I was aware of Jazz at a young age, but Hip Hop really brought me to it. I love how Hip Hop has done that for so many people and how they are now intertwined.
This is true as Lakecia hints at, many of our first interactions with jazz are through hip hop
My RUclips algorithm is truly the one. This video has been flashing at me for two/three days, not disappointed at all. Thank you.
Dilla brought me here ✨ much love for this
Tribe Called Quest, Pharcyde, Nas, Digable Planet, what a great concentration of artistry I have in my HD thanks to a great friend of mine called Eric Dejong. His mother is from US and his father is from the Netherlands. In the early 90's he has brought suchlike great Hip Hop music to Europe (Brussels) way before it even was well known in the US. Thumbs up to him for his great musical influence over Europe at that time. He is a music lover and a great person.
I have been into hip hop since 1990, I was 9. I recently got into Jazz, like deep into it, last year. I got all those questions right. Tracks would come up in my supermix on youtube music that I had heard growing up, but now the originals. I heard Nautilus for the first time and my jaw dropped. Hip Hop is built on that song...and Chameleon by Herbie Hancock is my Nautilus, I love that track.
And now both together influence Lo-Fi 😊
Wooooo so excited for this!!
Samplers made a major influence on modern music there was a kid named J Spencer and Ronnie Jordan that made some major Influences in the mid and late 90s .Sly Stone used a drum machine on family affair .Check out Herbie using the Fairligjt sampler and sequencer HIP HOP INFLUENCES.
so cool that they made a song to close out this mini-doc!
The more time passes by, more videos surface about the glory in sampling, jazz, general influence in music, and much more; and I couldn't be happier.
Thank you for including Lakecia Benjamin! Lakecia's albums, "Retox" and "Rise Up" live and breathe Hip-Hop Jazz!!! I also love Kris Funn's albums, "CornerStore" and "Bodega" - which samples "CornerStore".
This was needed! Thank you Sound Field, as always, for shining the light on the history behind the things we love today!
Can't thank y'all enough for this beautiful video! I love all of you involved in this so much
I waited so long for this
Just found this channel, new favorite, tysm.
Was expecting dilla beats, but got so much more! Thank you!
One person you barely mentioned you really should do an interview with and that's Terrace Martin. Terrace has both feet firmly planted in Jazz and Hiphop world as a multi instrumentalist and producer. At 17 Terrace was already on Snoop's band touring all over being mentored by Snoop. Most recent Terrace is touring with Herbie Hancock's band. Listened to interview with Terrace he was saying big difference with HipHop and Jazz is the Jazz tradition is players mentoring young players. But in HipHop world everyone acts what they do is secret with a few exceptions. Terrace said he was lucky that Snoop mentored him and really taught him the music and the business. Terrace would be a great interview.
You're right! I thought by doing our longest video yet we'd be able to get to more, but there's never enough time to talk about everyone. Madlib and Terrace deserve big ups
Terrace is a certified legend
Another great episode, thank you Sound Field!
This was a good one. I’m glad y’all are dropping historical gems for the new generation of music appreciators. Keep digging and presenting to the masses. Peace
i’ve been looking forward to this.
Amazing content as always. Saving all these records for later. Keep it coming!!
Always love your topics and videos!
I live for this channel. Thanks for the content.
I always learn something new with SoundField!
I love this channel. Keep doing great stuff.
Y’all are so dope so glad y’all showed up on my feed 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
That track is amazing....please release it!!
Man, I love y'all so much for this. 🥺♥
Do a video on SOPHIE and her impact on music!! (on hiphop, hyperpop, normal pop music) r.i.p.
I’d lovve to see this
I remember watching this when it came out and knowing nothing about jazz, great to come back so many months later and spending time listening to such an amazing genre
I love the track at the end!! Great video 👍👍
This was the video I was looking for about jazz and hip hop thanks
This is awesome. I can tell y’all put a lot of time into this. Good work!!
For going from loving music to loving the study of music, and doing both at the same time... you're the perfect channel! Thanks for all that you do! ❤️
Two of my favorite genres.
OMG I recently got into hip-hop and i've always wanted to know more about the history of the genre ! This video is perfect ! Now I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed because there's so much interesting stuff to listen to !
Well done! Very Happy I discovered this channel!
really interesting to look back on the history and the way styles and people connect. and now musicians like LA and Linda are a part of a new history being made, forging new connections. And we all get to witness it! Nice!
This was on point! A few years ago I saw a gig where Karreim Riggins played with a group of other young Detroit Jazz musicians, and I saw that hip hop rhythm influence first hand. It was one of my favorite events!
Thank you for what you do. This brought back so many memories of my Pops quizzing my music and the samples the producers used, on who was the original artist. Grateful for your amazing work with music!!! Keep it up!
This is a great post and has been useful in my (remote) classroom. Thanks Soundfield Team for your thoughtful content.
amazing work to document and give such a comprehensive explanation of a topic that really ranges over 100+ years. The list at the end including contemporary hiphop/jazz artists was impressive and inclusive. This is such an important and useful series, even the inclusion of creative projects at the end of each episode is great for classroom teachers to use the docs in classroom and extend students creativity and musicianship.
*We really need to acknowledge Nujabes for his contribution to the birth of Lofi which has alot of jazz influence*
Wow I’m glad to find this!
Ioved the vídeo thanks for doing this! As a beatmaker and double bassist i love to see this connection being explain in such a entertaining way
Thanks for all the music reccs 😁😁😁😁
whole video just magical
My dad was a Bob James fan so it was quite interesting to hear his music sampled in hip hop especially when I was younger. It's how I grew to like both genres heavily!
Great video like always. This is one of my favorite RUclips channels ❤️
Thank you for including Freestyle Fellowship on here!
That track at the end was actually awesome I'd love to hear a full version
This is purely incredible! Awesomely orchestrated breakdown and exploration. 🙏🏾💥 thank you.
Happy to bhave found this channel. 😊
What an amazing video! I loved the part where they talk about J dilla’s lack of quantization. J Dilla , Pete rock and Madlib are definitely my biggest influences. Jazz will never die
That was incredible . Thank You 🙏🏽 @BTMKRS
This channel is so cool, thank you guys! Video was super interesting and you made me discover a bunch of wonderful artists
A truly excellent video. So glad I found your channel will be watching everything you got!
Another fantastic episode, informative & entertaining. Keep up the good work!
Awesome video! One of my favorite jazz samples was the one from Ahmad Jamal for "Stakes is High" by De La Soul