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The BeatTips Manual
Beatmaking, the Hip Hop/Rap Music Tradition, and the Common Composer
6th Edition
by Amir Said

"Comprehensive, passionate and scholarly...Highly recommended for anyone that takes hip-hop culture seriously." —Joe Schloss, Ph.D, Professor, New York University

"knowledge and passion for the culture is spilling from each page."
—Phil Rose


Beatmaking is a rich and very meticulous art-craft. It contains a number of unique methods and practices, each potentially more complex and challenging than the other. The BeatTips Manual breaks down the complexity of beatmaking and hip hop/rap production, and erases all of the myth and mystery.

The BeatTips Manual is brilliantly divided into five primary parts—an absolutely stunning History part; an extensively detailed and robust Instruction part, which covers everything about making beats from drum programming to composition and arrangement; a Music Theory part; a Business part; and an explosive Interviews part, which includes exclusive interviews with DJ Premier, DJ Toomp, 9th Wonder, Marley Marl and more. A groundbreaking study of hip hop/rap music's chief compositional process and its tradition and culture, The BeatTips Manual is the definitive book on beatmaking and hip hop production.

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Best Damn Short Stories
Edited by Amir Said

Twice a year, Superchamp Books publishes Best Damn Short Stories, an anthology of short stories that features the works of at least 10 new and emerging authors. With each edition, we promise to bring readers the most engaging, interesting, and entertaining short stories that we can find.






Paperback: 235 Pages
ISBN: 978-0-9749704-0-0
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Available Fall, 2013

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The Not So Fragile Valerie Gisburg
by Mariella Gross

In Mariella Gross' riveting debut novel, The Not So Fragile Valerie Gisburg,Valerie, an Austrian transplant living in New York, lands a spot in the dance company of her dreams. But after a series of odd events and propositions, she comes to understand that the company's actually a nightmare. Broken and seemingly forced to stay, Valerie gives up hope and falls deeper into the company's shady business.





Paperback: 312 Pages
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Performance Day
Short Stories, Poems,
and Other Writings from a Curious Teen
by Amir Ali Said

In “The Perfect Shot,” Chris, a young, quick-thinking photojournalist, is hot on the trail of the one photo that will land him his dream job at a big time magazine....
In "Brooklyn Bridge Park," a quick glance on the train between two strangers leads to an awkward new relationship....
In "Get Rid of the Kid," a troubled teen is on the run from a ruthless
gangster, who runs an organization of teenage contract killers....
In "The Affair of Agnes Miller," an English tutor finds happiness when she gives a student a lesson in life he never expected—

These are the brief descriptions of the fascinating short stories that anchor Performance Day: Short Stories, Poems, and Other Writings from a Curious Teen, the debut book by teenage author Amir Ali Said. In this engaging, wonderfully written collection of short stories, poems, film reviews, editorials, mini-memoirs, and more, Amir Ali Said takes you into the mind of a New York City teenager, as he combines his imagination with his deep curiosity about the world around him.

Endearing, thought-provoking, timely, entertaining, and, at times, shocking, Performance Day is that rare example of the emerging young author on the heels of a literary destiny. One of the most compelling and unflinching literary works from a writer in the prime of his teenage years, Performance Day will prove to be a book that’s appreciated by readers of all stripes, but especially cherished and studied by teens and teachers alike for many years to come.


Paperback: 217 Pages
ISBN: 978-0-9749704-4-8
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Ghetto Brother
The Story of Benjy Melendez
and The Fight for Peace
in the 1970s South Bronx Street Gang Wars
by Benjy Melendez with Amir Said

In the 1970s, the South Bronx lay in ruins. Building fires, eroding housing, a rapidly growing drug epidemic, crime at record levels, and, of course, street gangs. In a city already broken by a crushing fiscal crises, the South Bronx of the 1970s, then regarded as the worst urban area in the U.S., was a deadly place where violent street gangs went to war daily. Benjy Melendez, founder of the Ghetto Brothers, one of the most notorious South Bronx street gangs of the time, saw a different way forward and set about on a journey for peace in the eye of the disaster. Ghetto Brother (Benjy Melendez with Amir Said), a candid and unflinching recount of this story, renders the best analysis of the infamous 1970s New York City street gang culture to date, as it captures, in vivid detail, a snapshot of this remarkable time in New York City history.

Paperback: 328 Pages
ISBN: 978-0-9749704-6-2
Price: $14.95
Available May 28, 2013

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Feed the Meter
by Amir Said

Revenge, romance, and redemption collide when Tulia, a widowed single mom with a new lease on life, meets Ben, a single dad with a murderous past and a fly-right present.

10 years after her husband’s death, Tulia, now a successful designer/illustrator in Brooklyn, New York, hasn’t quite figured it out yet; but she thinks she’s close. Her relationship with her boyfriend, Richard, is moving towards marriage; her younger brother, Ezra (who lives with her), seems to be coming back from his nervous breakdown; and Sophie, her awkwardly shy teenage daughter, is starting to come out of her shell. Then Tulia meets Ben, and everything changes, as facts and secrets (past and present) come to light.

Ben, now an emerging novelist who unknowingly holds a
deadly link to Tulia’s past, has also finally found a lining in the cloud. A charming womanizer who’s just won a more favorable custody arrangement with his ex-wife, Angie, Ben is intent on keeping life simple. This means spending more time with his son, Adam, an outgoing teen and skilled photographer; finishing a biography based on his grandfather, a WWII vet with a mysterious service record; and reconciling his past as a one-time numbers racket enforcer. But when Ben meets Tulia, events conspire to make revenge, romance, and redemption collide. And the result is a dilemma that, in the end, may ultimately force Ben’s old killing hand.

When the meter’s running on your life, you either feed it or let it expire.


Paperback: 328 Pages (5.25 x 8)
ISBN: 978-0-9749704-1-7
Price: $14.95
Available August 13, 2013

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The Art of Sampling
The Sampling Tradition of Hip Hop/Rap Music and Copyright Law
by Amir Said

The art of sampling, one of the most innovative music processes to emerge in the late-twentieth century, stands today as both a celebrated art form and a cultural activity within the hip hop/rap music tradition and beyond. The Art of Sampling by Amir Said (author of The BeatTips Manual), examines this complex and controversial music process, and brings forth a study that illuminates its history, creative mechanics, and philosophy, along with the implications that it holds for copyright law.

Intensely thought-provoking, eye-opening, and timely, The Art of Sampling is the most comprehensive exploration of sampling in the hip hop/rap music tradition and copyright law ever written, and one of the most striking and poignant music studies to come along in years.

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  • In Mariella Gross' riveting debut novel, The Not So Fragile Valerie Gisburg,Valerie, an Austrian transplant living in New York, lands a spot in the dance company of her dreams. But after a series of odd events and propositions, she comes to understand that the company's actually a nightmare. Broken and seemingly forced to stay, Valerie gives up hope and falls deeper into the company's shady business.
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    In Amir Said's debut novel, Feed the Meter, revenge, romance, and redemption collide when Tulia, a widowed single mom with a new lease on life, meets Ben, a single dad with a murderous past and a fly-right present.
    Pre-Order



    The art of sampling, one of the most innovative music processes to emerge in the late-twentieth century, stands today as both a celebrated art form and cultural activity within the hip hop/rap music tradition and beyond. 'The Art of Sampling,' by Amir Said, acclaimed author of 'The BeatTips Manual,' examines this complex (and often polarizing) tradition and brings forth a study that illuminates the history, mechanics, and philosophy of the art of sampling and the copyright implications that result from it.
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    In a city already broken by a crushing fiscal crises, the South Bronx of the 1970s, then regarded as the worst urban area in the U.S., was a deadly place where violent street gangs went to war daily. Benjy Melendez, founder of the Ghetto Brothers, one of the most notorious street gangs of the time, saw a different way forward and set about on a journey for peace in the eye of the South Bronx disaster.Ghetto Brother (Benjy Melendez with Amir Said), a candid and unflinching recount of this story, renders the best analysis of the infamous 1970s New York City street gang culture to date, as it captures, in vivid detail, a snapshot of this remarkable time in New York City history.
    Pre-Order



    Performance Day takes you into the mind of a New York City youth who's just as modern as he is classic. From poems about overdue first-dates, to short stories of heroic and tragic grandeur, to essays about the probable rise and inevitable fall of certain movies, this unique collection of writings by teenage author Amir Ali Said shines in all of its glorious dimensions.
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    Twice a year, Superchamp Books publishes Best Damn Short Stories, an anthology of short stories that features the works of at least 10 new and emerging authors. With each edition, we promise to bring readers the most engaging, interesting, and entertaining short stories that we can find.
    Pre-Order



    Beatmaking is a rich and very meticulous art-craft. It contains a number of unique methods and practices, each potentially more complex and challenging than the other. The BeatTips Manual breaks down the complexity of beatmaking and hip hop/rap production, and erases all of the myth and mystery.
    Buy Now