A pioneering expert in the study of hip hop explains why the music matters - and why the battles surrounding it are so very fierce.Hip hop is in crisis. During the years when hip hop's commercial fortunes rose sharply, the most commercially successfully hip hop has increasingly become a playground populated by caricatures of black gangstas, thugs, ...
This winner of the 1995 American Book Award explores the history and development of hip-hop music and culture. Author Tricia Rose, a history and African-American studies scholar, discusses the social contexts within which rap music is created. She also examines the process of rap's commercial marketing, traditions and technology in rap music ...
In a culture driven by sexual and racial imagery, very few honest conversations about race, gender, and sexuality actually take place. Rose seeks to break this silence and jump-start a dialogue by presenting, for the first time, the sexual testimonies of black women.
This collection of original essays and interviews brings together scholars, critics, journalists and performers to focus on youth music and the contemporary scene. It includes theoretical discussions of musical history; social commentaries on such genres as disco, metal and rap music; and case histories of specific movements like the Riots Girls, ...
This collection of original essays and interviews brings together scholars, critics, journalists and performers to focus on youth music and the contemporary scene. It includes theoretical discussions of musical history; social commentaries on such genres as disco, metal and rap music; and case histories of specific movements like the Riots Girls, ...
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