Rose addresses sexism, both in the plight of women rappers and in rap lyrics, partially excusing the latter by saying, "Rap's sexist lyrics are also part of a rampant and viciously normalized sexism that dominates the corporate culture of the music business. Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal This ethnographic study is the first detailed exploration of rap music within its social, cultural, and artistic contexts.
For example, her study of the cultural and technological implications of sampling-a pillar of rap-is both impressive and unprecedented. Further, Rose's hermeneutics extend beyond the music itself to such corollary expressions of hiphop style as rap music videos and breakdancing. Rose constructs a solid bridge between hiphop and academe: she explains the former in the language of the latter and does so splendidly.
However, even the most powerful words cannot recreate music. Since academicians may be unfamiliar with the works discussed, an accompanying CD or cassette would have been helpful.
Bill Piekarski, Southwestern Coll. From Booklist Rap recordings are discussed almost everywhere today, from schoolyards and subways to the U. Senate and Supreme Court. Rose thoroughly analyzes several facets of the musical genre and provides an effective antidote to the severely flawed hip-hop coverage in mainstream media. She accurately traces rap's sonic history proving thereby that music does not require conventional melody or harmony and gives substantial information about the innovative rhythmic manipulations made possible by the techniques of sampling.
She also makes clear the connections between rap's beginnings and the political turmoils that afflicted black and Latino urban neighborhoods throughout the s and s.
In discussing what is probably rap's most controversial aspect--lyrics supposedly advocating "cop killing"--Rose vividly delineates the social conditions that bring about such fierce responses to real-life police brutality. Finally, she examines the often neglected role of women in rap in rewarding depth.
Fans, scholars, and detractors alike stand to learn a great deal by studying Rose's commendable treatise. Aaron Cohen. For example: I'm writing 'bout Brazilian hip-hop and "Black Noise" cleared many doubts I had on hystoric, artistic, and politic aspects of the 'Culture of Streetz'. The words flow natural, with many rich informations reduced in a very agradable text.
If you don't like this book, you'll never understand the 'Black Noise' of this new millenium! Very interesting but "brilliant"??? By A Customer This is an impressive interpretation of Black musical culture, with loads of interesting information and pertinent feminist content.
I've read several books with somewhat similar subject matter, from Dick Hebdige's broad and helpful survey to the rather pretentious book by Russell Potter; but none of them captured my interest as much as this one.
Posting Komentar. Aaron Cohen Most helpful customer reviews 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. See all 16 customer reviews Rap is one of the most salient music genres of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Gangsta rap, in particular, with its focus on urban street life, has become a dominant means of … Expand.
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Most Koreans, however, interpret rap music beyond its beats. They see it as an African American … Expand. Wrecking 1 rap's conventions: the cultural production of three daring Detroit emcees. Popular Music. Abstract This article profiles the music of three politically motivated hip hop emcees. It combines textual and musicological analysis with ethnographic data to examine the ways in which these women … Expand. Rap music and hip-hop culture represents a contested space within contemporary culture in the United States, often stigmatized by members of the dominant culture as an offshoot of inner city gang and … Expand.
Hip-hop culture began in the early s as the creative and activist expressions - graffiti writing, dee-jaying, break dancing, and rap music - of black and Latino youth in the depressed South … Expand. Since their birth in the s, hip-hop music and culture have repeatedly been framed as black cultural forms that give "urban" youth a voice in American society to speak the truth of their lived … Expand.
Crossover narratives: intersections of race, genre and authenticity in unpopular popular music. This thesis analyzes the construction of racialized notions of authenticity within American popular musical genres across the span of the 20 Century, but especially from a crucial period between the … Expand.
After its advent in the s, the rap music genre was represented almost exclusively by male black artists who honestly and realistically embodied a poor urban image.
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