Rap Music and Street Consciousness

Name: Rap Music and Street Consciousness
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ISBN: 9780252027611

ISBN-10: 0252027612

ISBN-13: 9780252027611

Edition: 2002

Authors: Cheryl Lynette Keyes

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Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 10/22/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


A Note on Terminology


Introduction



The Sociocultural History and Aesthetics of Rap Music



The Roots and Stylistic Foundation of the Rap Music Tradition



The Development of the Rap Music Tradition



The Explosion of Rap Music in the Musical Mainstream



Expanding Frontiers: Rap Music, 1990-2000



Street Production: The Aesthetics of Style and Performance in the Rap Music Tradition



The Critical Perspectives of Rap Music and the Hip-Hop Nation



Issues, Conflicts, and Conspiracies: The Hip-Hop Nation at a Crossroad



Daughters of the Blues: Women, Race, and Class Representation in Rap Music Performance



Visualizing Beats and Rhymes


Epilogue


Glossary of Common Rap Music Terms


Notes


Selected Discography


Works Cited


General Index


Index of Recordings and Videos