The Beat that Changed Hip-Hop
By Abra Clawson and Lindsay Chaplin
The Roland TR-808’s interface is easy to use, as it has color-coded dials and buttons.
The genres of Hip-Hop, House, Techno, and R&B were changed forever because of the machine.
Arthur Baker, Producer of Planet Rock
Matt Black, from the British duo Coldcut
Additionally, the full videos we pulled interviews from can be found at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCJReSDmqkg
and
http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2012/04/27/the-history-of-the-roland-tr-808/