Music-Genres & Styles-Rap & Hip Hop

In this book, Jabari Evans examines Chicago's controversial Drill rap scene and the "always-on" nature of social media for these musicians, who are often tasked with maintaining constant connection across multiple platforms in order to both affirm their street authenticity locally and promote themselves...

The intersection of religion and music offers opportunity for a profound exploration of meaning-making. Musical lyrics create a rich narrative that reflects not only personal experiences but also broader cultural, social, and spiritual realities. Over the years, Anthony Pinn has explored this intersection, shaped...

Ya-Hui Cheng examines the emergence of popular music genres - jazz, rock, and hip-hop - in Chinese society, covering the social underpinnings that shaped the development of popular music in China and Taiwan, from imperialism to westernization and from modernization to globalization. The political...

In this first musicological history of rap music, Cheryl L. Keyes traces the genre's history from its roots in West African bardic traditions, the Jamaican dancehall tradition, and African American vernacular expressions to its permeation of the cultural mainstream as a major tenet of...

Anthems are songs of loyalty and devotion with religious or quasi-religious meanings, typically associated with nation-states. Singing patriotic songs together encourages a sense of shared identity and unified community among citizens. Anthems compares traditional American anthems, such as "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "America the...

In July 2019, eleven years after Jay-Z became the first hip-hop artist to headline Glastonbury, Stormzy became the first English rapper to follow suit. Wearing a customised stab-proof vest designed by Banksy, the South London rapper delivered an explosive performance and finished by thanking...

American Rap Scenes examines the history and legacy of rap music in 25 American cities through factors of geography, migration, movements, music, and technology. Providing area-centered analysis of a culture many see as monolithic, Lavar Pope highlights the unique histories of rap and hip-hop...

Before the world stage, Hip Hop was the street's whisper Raw truths of city life, from Bronx blocks to global listener 50 years deep, the culture's voice still echoes strong Rap, break, and art - a trinity where we all belongEvery day, new voices...

Are you ready to take your freestyle rap skills to the next level? Whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced rapper looking to refine your craft, HowExpert Guide to Freestyle Rap is your ultimate resource for mastering the art of improvised rapping. This...

American Rap Scenes examines the history and legacy of rap music in 25 American cities through factors of geography, migration, movements, music, and technology. Providing area-centered analysis of a culture many see as monolithic, Lavar Pope highlights the unique histories of rap music and...

Examining the cultural significance of the rap album Jarmark (2020) as a reflection of Polish politics and history during the country's populist turn and migration following EU enlargement. Taco Hemingway is the first Polish artist to be streamed a billion times on Spotify. His...

Examining the cultural significance of the rap album Jarmark (2020) as a reflection of Polish politics and history during the country's populist turn and migration following EU enlargement. Taco Hemingway is the first Polish artist to be streamed a billion times on Spotify. His...

In My Journey Through Hip-Hop, experience the pulsating beats and soulful rhythms of the genre's history through the lens of a Chicago native. This debut collection chronicles hip-hop's evolution, from the groundbreaking beats of DJ Kool Herc to the lyrical genius of J. Cole....

This book positions a unique conceptualization of the history of Hip-Hop, arguing that it was the political forces of the 1970s combined with economic forces of free market capitalism and privatization of public services, neoliberalism, and the deindustrialization of major cities, that led the...

From the Seattle streets to studio beats.In the early 1980s, a subterranean shift in Seattle's music scene began. Disco's reign over parties and dance clubs faded, and hip-hop became the new attraction. A generation of young musicians emerged, and local rappers catapulted the genre...

Rap music continues to be a catalyst for various creative mediums, including rap artists who cross over to film and television.RAP TO CINEMA: Hip Hop Music Artists Who Cross Over to Film is a topical reference book that includes film biographies of rap artists...

Marz Banx, the legendary MC, is lamenting what it means to be in the rap game at the age of forty. Feeling like the game has passed him by and becoming more focused on his daughter, Jazz, he decides to interview for a job...

All the unwritten rules of rap say it doesn't happen like this. Yet Killer Mike, a Black man from Atlanta, Georgia, and El-P, a white man from Brooklyn, New York, have transformed what should have been the twilight of their careers as rappers into...

Roof Books presents the debut poetry collection of an exciting new talent, Sol Cabrini, indie rapper under the moniker Sol Patches in the vein of Mykki Blanco, Kevin Abstract, and SOPHIE, among others. Holding degrees in Performance Studies from NYU and working under the...

Author: Lindsey T. GordonISBN-13: 9798330550951Publisher: Lindsey T. GordonLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/09/2024Pages: 164Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Nairobi Hip Hop Flow is an interdisciplinary study that combines ethnographic methods, political history, and music and performance analysis to...

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Today, Morocco's hip hop artists are vital to their country's reputation as diverse, creative, and modern. But in the 1990s...

"I want to create music and experiences for people to understand that it's okay to be exactly who you are. You are enough."--Born I A powerful and poetic illustrated meditation on hip-hop and mindfulness Reading like a book of poetry with accompanying commentary, Lyrical...

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Nairobi Hip Hop Flow is an interdisciplinary study that combines ethnographic methods, political history, and music and performance analysis to...

Starring the Grammy award winning filmmaker, rock star, dj, radio broadcaster, social commentator, husband and father Don Letts, There And Black Again takes in many lives and places.It is written as scenes from a movie shot on location in London, Kingston, New York, Los...

As Hip-Hop first exploded throughout New York City's boroughs and surrounding towns, a new generation was emerging--the first to be raised on the genre. At the center of it all was a collective known as the Juice Crew, led by the charismatic radio personality...

From Pitchfork and Guardian contributor Dean Van Nguyen comes a revelatory history of Tupac beyond his musical legend, as a radical son of the Black Panther Party whose political legacy still resonates today. Before his murder at age twenty-five, Tupac Shakur rose to staggering...

Christopher Michael Jones shares the parallel wisdom learned from the worlds of hip hop and church: the good news of "Can't stop, won't stop" preached by hip hop in the ashes of Reagan-era turbulence, and the good news of God's faithfulness to teach resilience...

Exclusive Interviews from Model Tygeria. Also articles on Keyshia Cole, Queen Latifah, Timbaland, 10 Valentine's Day or any day suggestions and more. Mature Content.Author: Deandre E. MorrowISBN-10: 1495466582ISBN-13: 9781495466588Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/06/2014Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 10.90h x 8.20w x 0.10d

Sean "P Diddy" Combs-a name once synonymous with glamour, success, and unshakable dominance in the world of hip-hop and beyond. From founding Bad Boy Records and mentoring some of the biggest artists of the 90s, to transforming himself into a global brand mogul, Diddy's...

MARCUS A. RAGSDALE AUTHOR/ARTIST Hi, thank you for buying this book. 16Bars was created from the heart, I hope it catches people's attention and will gain appreciation for my angle of Hip Hop Poetry. My idea behind putting a book out before an album...

Guerrilla Music: Musicking as Resistance, Defiance, and Subversion explores human initiations and responses to music as a process and product intrinsically part of our culture, history, place, time and ecological musical worlds. The contributors challenge scholarly approaches wherein music is detached from the social...

Hip-Hop music encompasses an extraordinarily diverse range of approaches to politics. Some rap and Hip-Hop artists engage directly with elections and social justice organizations; others may use their platform to call out discrimination, poverty, sexism, racism, police brutality, and other social ills. In Pulse...

The best-selling biography of Eminem - now fully updatedAn unflinching account of rapper Marshall Mathers' rise to fame from his native Detroit to worldwide superstardom and on to his latest globally chart-topping album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Gr?ce).Laying bare Eminem's relationship...

In this lively ethnography Ian Condry interprets Japan's vibrant hip-hop scene, explaining how a music and culture that originated halfway around the world is appropriated and remade in Tokyo clubs and recording studios. Illuminating different aspects of Japanese hip-hop, Condry chronicles how self-described "yellow...

This is a book only Questlove could have written: a perceptive and personal reflection on the first half-century of hip-hop. When hip-hop first emerged in the 1970s, it wasn't expected to become the cultural force it is today. But for a young Black kid...

2Pac 4Evr is the outstanding new book by renowned author Francis Nicholas Driscoll, which depicts in great detail the trials and tribulations of the artist, while diving deep into the specifics of his albums and movies. The author simultaneously pinpoints the parallels between his...

A revelatory examination of Emo Rap, from its inception to its incendiary ascent into the mainstream, including the critical artists that defined its sound and ethos, from Kid Cudi to Lil Peep, Lil Uzi Vert, XXXTentacion, and Juice WRLD. When Kid Cudi dubbed himself...

Do rappers sell their souls for fame and fortune? If you want to learn more about the Illuminati, then read my.... Illuminati Secrets Revealed Book SeriesStarting with Rap Music Exposed, Christian Author Mack C. Moore takes you on a journey to expose the Illuminati...

This edition showcases the brand Trap Snacks as well as AI Artist Gil Finkelstein's Baby Superstar.Author: Gil Finkelstein, Deandre MorrowISBN-10: 8368211654ISBN-13: 9798368211657Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/12/2022Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.07d

What's beef to Jay-Z? Well, it's all here in this book. We go in depth to every single beef Jay-Z has had in career. We cover Nas, Tupac, Mobb Deep, 50 Cent and people you probably didn't even know had beef with Jay-Z Did...

Behind the Music Tales is a series which captures the mood and feel of the energy that surged through music and pop culture in the 90s and 2000s. It presents exclusive original interviews as an honest record directly from authentic creative sources, and is...

As for my book Hip-Hop's Underground Revealed, I feel completely sure like back in Noah's days that this autobiography will be the next striking revelation, biblically on a highly talked about subject, which is the truth on hip-hop.This book reveals secrets that the media...

"Hip Hop" is more than Rap Music. There are five "elements" that make up Hip Hop culture: DJing, MCing, B-Boying, Graffiti writing, and Knowledge. This book is a special collection of the four books DJ, MC, B-Boy, and Graffiti (A Children's Guide to Hip...

FLOSS comprises a collection of monographs showcasing retrospective photographs by Roger Erickson, highlighting Hip Hop and Rock'n Roll music from the 1990s. These uniquely stylized images explore the aspirational, unrestrained and often extravagant nature of artists during an era when Hip Hop culture burst...

Are you ready to take your freestyle rap skills to the next level? Whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced rapper looking to refine your craft, HowExpert Guide to Freestyle Rap is your ultimate resource for mastering the art of improvised rapping. This...

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. How Hip Hop Became Hit Pop examines the programming practices at commercial radio stations in the 1980s and early 1990s...

From its dynamic start at dance parties in the South Bronx in the late 1970s, hip hop and rap music have exploded into a dominant style of popular music in the United States and a force for activism and expression all over the world....

Don Letts - filmmaker, musician, DJ, broadcaster, social commentator, husband and father - has always defied conformity. A British-born son of Windrush parents, he seamlessly pivoted between London's punk and reggae scenes, earning his reputation as the 'Rebel Dread'.In There and Black Again, Don...

WAX POETICS ISSUE #27 Grand Master Flash & Eddie Harris Wax Poetics' first issue of 2008 showcases a strong redesign. Hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash gets cover honors, but it's the whole Furious Five who get the props inside. The late, great Eddie Harris is...