Is hip hop dead? : the past, present, and future of America's most wanted music / Mickey Hess.

Author/creator Hess, Mickey, 1975-
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, CT : Praeger, 2007.
Descriptionviii, 196 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Rap (Music)--History and criticism.

Contents The rap career --The rap life -- The rap persona -- Sampling and stealing -- White rappers -- Hip hop, whiteness, and parody.
Abstract Recently, proclamations of hip hop's death have flooded the airwaves. The issue may have reached its boiling point in Nas's 2006 album Hip Hop is Dead. The album is driven by nostalgia for a mythically pure moment in hip hop's history, when the music was driven by artistic passion instead of base commercialism. In the course of this same album, however, Nas himself brags about making money for his record label. These and similar contradictions are emblematic of the complex forces underlying the dialogue that keeps hip hop a vital element of our culture. This book seeks to illustrate the origins of hip hop nostalgia and examine how artists maintain control of their music and culture in the face of corporate record companies, government censorship, and the standardization of the rap image.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 179-186) and index.
LCCN 2007020658
ISBN9780275994617 (alk. paper)
ISBN0275994619 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML3531 .H47 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold