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Bring It: A Challenge to Make a Beat Sampling for a Fijan Chant

Making a beat out of this sample is a challenge we're issuing worldwide.

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Beat-Making in Fiji: Bringing Art and Activism Together

Making tracks in Fiji.

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Hip-Hop University: How the Genre Is Taking Over Higher Learning

Right now, we are at in an interesting historical moment in hip-hop.

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This Week in Beat Making: A Mashup of 'The Star Spangled Banner' and 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'

"Lift Every Spangled Banner" is a mashup that addresses independence for all.

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This Week in Beat Making: Major Lazer and a Crowd-Sourced Dancehall Competition

May the best riddim win!

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This Week in Beat Making: Sabar Drumming Deep in Dakar

How Sabar drummers sample their drum sounds and created a one-of-a-kind West African drum kit to use for Beat Making Lab's electronic production.

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This Week in Beat Making: Hip-Hop Made in a Senegalese Hospital

Here's a crazy experiment: visit a hospital and try to make a beat using only sounds that you find at the facility.

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This Week in Beat Making: Crowdsourced Dancehall 'Riddims'

This week in beat making: a challenge to create dancehall riddims.

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This Week in Beat Making: An All Female Hip-Hop Crew From Dakar

Beat Making Lab builds studios in cultural centers around the world and trains youth musicians in the art of beat making.

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This Week In Beat Making: The Four Steps to Hip-Hop Success

Some suggestions on how to achieve international success in music.

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Global Beats: Producing Hip-Hop in a Blackout

How Beat Making Lab and a street artist named Yomira John made music in the dark.

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This Week in Beat Making: Sounds from a Notorious Panamanian Prison

Beat Making Lab builds studios in cultural centers around the world and train youth musicians in the art of beat making.

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From the Congo to Panama, Beat Making Labs Creates Sustainable Music Studios in Unlikely Places

The Beat Making Lab is a new model for building musicians and community.

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