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 hip-hop lifestyle and culture. Rap music, according to Keyes, is a forum that addresses the political and economic disfranchisement of black youths and other groups, fosters ethnic pride, and displays culture values and aesthetics.Blending popular culture with folklore and ethnomusicology, Keyes offers a nuanced portrait of the artists, themes, and varying styles reflective of urban life and street consciousness. Drawing on the music, lives, politics, and interests of figures including Afrika Bambaataa, the "godfather of hip-hop," and his Zulu Nation, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Grandmaster Flash, Kool "DJ" Herc, MC Lyte, LL Cool J, De La Soul, Public Enemy, Ice-T, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, and The Last Poets, Rap Music and Street Consciousness challenges outsider views of the genre.The book also draws on ethnographic research done in New York, Los Angeles, Detroit and London, as well as interviews with performers, producers, directors, fans, and managers. Keyes' vivid and wide-ranging analysis covers the emergence and personas of female rappers and white rappers, the legal repercussions of technological advancements such as electronic mixing and digital sampling, the advent of rap music videos, and the existence of gangsta rap, Southern rap, acid rap, and dance-centered rap subgenres. Also considered are the crossover careers of rap artists in movies and television; rapper-turned-mogul phenomenons such as Queen Latifah; the multimedia empire of Sean "P. Diddy" Combs; the cataclysmic rise of Death Row Records; East Coast versus West Coast tensions; the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace; and the unification efforts of the Nation of Islam and the Hip-Hop Nation.
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Most critics and scholars concur that rap music is a confluence of African American and Caribbean cultural expressions, such as sermons, blues, game songs, and toasts and toasting-all of which are recited in a chanted rhyme or poetic fashion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rap music tradition, rap music artists, gangsta rap videos, female rap artists, whatta man, rap music videos, turntable techniques, rap community, reality rap, human beat box, urban street culture, ghetto music, women rappers, female rappers, poor righteous teachers, musical mainstream, black popular music, rap scene, rap performance, music video directors, rap concerts, rap style, street speech, fly girl, rap acts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, African American, Los Angeles, Queen Latifah, West Coast, Public Enemy, Zulu Nation, Hip-Hop Nation, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, Ice Cube, James Brown, Kool Moe Dee, Nation of Islam, United States, Melle Mel, Death Row, Def Jam, New Orleans, East Coast, South Bronx, The Real Roxanne, Alisa Childs, Courtesy of Michael Ochs Archives, Busta Rhymes New!
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Most critics and scholars concur that rap music is a confluence of African American and Caribbean cultural expressions, such as sermons, blues, game songs, and toasts and toasting-all of which are recited in a chanted rhyme or poetic fashion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rap music tradition, rap music artists, gangsta rap videos, female rap artists, whatta man, rap music videos, turntable techniques, rap community, reality rap, human beat box, urban street culture, ghetto music, women rappers, female rappers, poor righteous teachers, musical mainstream, black popular music, rap scene, rap performance, music video directors, rap concerts, rap style, street speech, fly girl, rap acts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, African American, Los Angeles, Queen Latifah, West Coast, Public Enemy, Zulu Nation, Hip-Hop Nation, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, Ice Cube, James Brown, Kool Moe Dee, Nation of Islam, United States, Melle Mel, Death Row, Def Jam, New Orleans, East Coast, South Bronx, The Real Roxanne, Alisa Childs, Courtesy of Michael Ochs Archives, Busta Rhymes New!
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- Nuthin' but a "G" Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap (Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives) by Eithne Quinn in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Nuthin' but a "G" Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap (Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives) by Eithne Quinn in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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