9th Wonder teaching at Duke University
By John Ifejika / News / March 5, 2012 / 1668 Views

Most notably known for the sound behind Little Brother, North Carolina producer 9th Wonder takes on another role as not only a producer, but a professor  of historical African-American music. His Duke University class titled "Sampling Soul" explores the most sampled songs from the Civil Rights era and Black Power movement. This is 9th's second gig teaching music, his first being at North Carolina University, the place where he met Phonte and Big Pooh as a student. Press play above to watch the CBS coverage of 9th Wonder as a professor.

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  • JerryCoolJones

    You should have posted Maestro Knows episode where he covered this 2 years ago 

  • Patrickdafunk

    this is awesome. 

  • dom

    JerryCoolJones knows whats up. MAESTRO KNOWS!

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  • Anonymous

    Don't be let this story overdramatize the reality. This increasing presence of hip hop subjugated within the college classroom that they describe is not because of any newfound academic appreciation for the subject by universities. Many schools base their departmental funding on course enrollment of the department's classes. More or less, departments often compete for funding by creating classes based on subjects that interest the interest the generation in question. A class on NWA will beat out a class on Edgar Allen Poe any day. Don't get me wrong though, I'm in an english course similar to this right now and I'm having a great time with it while still being academically pushed.

  • Anonymous

    or watch The Wonder Year documentary about 9th.

  • Anonymous

    a day late and a dollar short, i $uppose

  • Anonymous

    all he does is cut copy and paste. 

  • docoo

    let me see you do it. don't worry, i'll wait. 

  • http://twitter.com/conorfkilroy CK

    he's been teaching there for YEARS!

  • http://www.jtwiz.com/ Jonathon Twiz

    I had a course like this when i was in university, every week, the professor would bring in a famous rapper to talk to us

  • Anonymous

     I'm seeing a lot of people do it. I don't like it. I respect his success though.

  • jeffg

    look at that douche in the back on his laptop. doubt he knows who 9th wonder is...

  • Real Dude

    Kinda like how Pat Boone, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and all the rest copied. Creativity is based in copying to a point where you make something completely different and wholly original out of your influences. every chord progression has been done in some form or the other, so tell me who HASN'T copied.