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Un classico degli studi sulle musiche afro-americane, finalmente in una versione aggiornata che spinge l’osservazione fino al 2000. Toop ricostruisce qui le radici ritmiche e culturali del rap in Af……続きを見る

David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello's exuberant exploration of rap music and culture. Living together in Cambridge in 1989, David Foster Wallace and longtime friend Mark Costello discovered that ……続きを見る

Before Drake's melodies. Before the MTV era. Before hip-hop became America's #1 music genreーthere was Ecstasy. In the South Bronx studios of 1982, John "Ecstasy" Fletcher was revolutionizing rap mu……続きを見る

Essays that explore the connections between time, representation, and identity within hip-hop culture. "This book, edited by Roy Christopher, is a moment. It is the deconstructed sample, the researc……続きを見る

How gangsta rap shocked America, made millions, and pulled back the curtain on an urban crisis. How is it that gangsta rapーso dystopian that it struck aspiring Brooklyn rapper and future superstar ……続きを見る

Get ready to be blown away by "The Resurrection of a Poetic Revolutionary: A Journey into the Power of Tupac Shakur's Words and Influence!" This book is your passport to an extraordinary exploration……続きを見る

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 ……続きを見る

Friday 28 July 2019: 11 years after Jay Z became the first hip-hop artist to headline the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, Stormzy finally became the first English rapper to follow suit. The South-Lond……続きを見る

No turbilhão de emoções que compõem a vida, os sons da música muitas vezes servem como expressões profundas dos sentimentos humanos. Expulso do Céu é um álbum que captura esses sentimentos em palavr……続きを見る

A symphony of gritty rhymes, an intense battle of rap and freestyle verses. Each word sliced through the air like a sharpened knife, filled with raw emotion and clever wordplay. The rhythm pulsed wi……続きを見る

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 ……続きを見る

Using the latest research, real-world examples, and a new theory of healthy development, this book explains Hip Hop culture's ongoing role in helping Black youths to live long, healthy, and producti……続きを見る

Authentically written with a gritty narrative, humorous anecdotes, and deep spiritual insights. How to Fight A Pig invites readers to join author and former rapper David Chatwood as he recounts the ……続きを見る

"¿Qué derecho tienen dos yuppies blancos a intentar hacer un muestrario de lo que es el rap?", se preguntaban David Foster Wallace y Mark Costello en 1989. El escritor (que se acababa de trasladar a……続きを見る

While ballads have been a cornerstone of popular music for decades, this is the first book to explore the history and appeal of these treasured songs. David Metzer investigates how and why the style……続きを見る

"A MUST-READ FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING AND DISMANTLING MASS INCARCERATION." ーChesa Boudin, District Attorney of San Francisco America's criminal justice system is among the deadliest a……続きを見る

The infamous Suge Knight, former Death Row Records CEO, and Keffe D are the only living eyewitnesses to the deadly confrontation on the Las Vegas strip between the occupants of our two vehicles. A v……続きを見る

RAP takes a look at problems facing contemporary urban sexuality, from a metaphysical point of view. In the process subjects such as gangster rap misogyny , and the relevance of the church to its co……続きを見る

This edited collection focuses on the links between youth and African popular culture. Contributions by a distinguished group of scholars explore popular culture produced and consumed by young peopl……続きを見る

The story of infamous Chicano rapper Sir Dyno of group Darkroom Familia. Pastor David Rocha shares his incredible story of being a Christian while serving an eight-year federal prison sentence. Come……続きを見る

This collection of three hip hop plays by Conrad Murray and his Beats & Elements collaborators Paul Cree, David Bonnick Junior and Lakeisha Lynch-Stevens, is the first publication of the critically ……続きを見る

A no-holds-barred memoir from the primary architect of hip hop and one of the culture's most revered music iconsーboth the tale of his life and legacy and a testament to dogged determination. Grandm……続きを見る

Rhyme's Challenge offers a concise, pithy primer to hip-hop poetics while presenting a spirited defense of rhyme in contemporary American poetry. David Caplan's stylish study examines hip-hop's cent……続きを見る

Signifying Rappers is a fun and quirky discovery for any fan of David Foster Wallace or Hip-hop. Signifying Rappers is an old-school classic from David Foster Wallace and his friend and room-mate Ma……続きを見る

In this fascinating study of contemporary Christian worshippers, David L. Moody analyzes Christian rap music against traditional Christian theology. For many, mixing the sanctified worship of God wi……続きを見る