ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the processes that the hip-hop turntablist teams use to develop sound material into an original composition. It explores particular notions of creative group work and ways in which these can be applied to the compositional processes of turntable teams. In order to establish the creative processes of the hip-hop turntable teams, the chapter discusses an empirical examination of the working methods of the three teams using both observation and interview. Within contemporary dance and theatre, this process of a group working collaboratively to create an original work is known as 'devising', a practice that has many similarities to the working methods of hip-hop turntable teams. Because of the great similarities between this devising process and the methods used by the turntable teams, the chapter focuses on a number of devising models to establish which would be most suitable for the analysis of the compositional processes of turntable teams.
