Listen to Hip Hop! : Exploring a Musical Genre Hardback
by Anthony J. Fonseca, Melissa Ursula Dawn (Westfield State University, USA, and Springfield College, USA) Goldsmith
Part of the Exploring Musical Genres series
Hardback
Description
Listen to Hip Hop! Exploring a Musical Genre provides an overview of hip-hop music for scholars and fans of the genre, with a focus on 50 defining artists, songs, and albums. Listen to Hip Hop! Exploring a Musical Genre explores non-rap hip hop music, and as such it serves as a compliment to Listen to Rap!
Exploring a Musical Genre (Greenwood Press, Anthony J.
Fonseca, 2019), which discussed at length 50 must-hear rap artists, albums, and songs.
This book aims to provide a close listening/reading of a diverse set of songs and lyrics by a variety of artists who represent different styles outside of rap music. Most entries focus on specific songs, carefully analyzing and deconstructing musical elements, discussing their sound, and paying close attention to instrumentation and production values—including sampling, a staple of rap and an element used in some hip hop dance songs.
Though some of the artists included may be normally associated with other musical genres and use hip hop elements sparingly, those in this book have achieved iconic status.
Finally, sections on the background and history of hip hop, hip hop's impact on popular culture, and the legacy of hip hop provide context through which readers can approach the entries.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:280 pages, 10 bw illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:09/09/2021
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- ISBN:9781440874871
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:280 pages, 10 bw illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:09/09/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781440874871
