Beat Making Lab in Fiji: Sampling w/ Flip Flops and Ski Beatz (Episode 3)

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A man in Fiji hits a PVC pipe with a flip flop, that sound meets a 17-year-old drummer in North Carolina. A beat is created. And around it all, Platinum selling producer Ski Beatz (producer for Jay Z, Camp Lo and Jay Electronica) lets us know why he even samples in the first place.

Filmmaker: Saleem Reshamwala
Music: Calvin, Fiji Beat Making Lab, Chapel Hill Community Beat Making Lab, No9to5
Filmed at: Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies at The University of the South Pacific, Chapel Hill Community Beat Making Lab
Thanks: Dave Lavaki (aka Mr. Grin), Calvin, Dr. Mark Katz, Fiji Beat Making Lab, Pierce Freelon, Saleem Reshamwala, Apple Juice Kid, US Embassy of Fiji