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Rap Music and the Poetics of Identity (New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism)

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While some of this book was a little too academic for a casual reader like myself, the chapters on rap genres and musical techniques were easily worth the price of the book. Krims says things about rap here that I haven't heard anywhere else, including a musical analysis of different types of rap "flows" and an explanation of the "hip-hop sublime" that can arise from heavily layered music built from samples. He also does in-depth analysis of a few rap songs, including songs by Ice Cube and Goodie Mob, which are quite interesting if you have access to the music. There are many books out there about hip-hop history or culture, and this book touches on those subjects as well, but it's great to see the niche of in-depth musical analysis finally filled. It's given me a new way of understanding and vocabulary for listening to hip hop.

It is said that hip hop scholarship to this point has either come from too academic or too informal a source. This book is accredited by street and university alike. Krims successfully analyses critical aspects of hip-hop, namely songwriting and lyrical style. This is truly great piece of work.

THIS BOOK IS GREAT FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE RAP,I MOSTLY GET MY INSPIRATION FROM MUSIC ,BUT READING THIS BOOK ON RAP MUSIC INSPIRED ME. I AM A BIG FAN OF THIS BOOK, YOU SHOULD BUY IT.
ITS REALLY INTRESSTING IV WAITED AGES TO FIND A DECENT BOOK ON RAP MUSIC,I ALSO LOVE POETRY, NOT THE KIND YOU DO AT SCHOOL,THATS TO BORING, BUT POETRY BY RAP ARTISTS, LIKE TUPAC, R.I.P, IM HIS BIGGEST FAN, THIS BOOK IS GREAT I RATE IT 5 OUT OF 5!!!SO U WANNA KNOW RAP U GOT RAP!