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It's not about a salary... : rap, race, and resistance in Los Angeles / Brian Cross.

Author/creator Cross, Brian
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Verso, [1994].
Descriptionviii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Haymarket series
Haymarket series. ^A910981
Contents L.A. hiphop: a brief history -- Hiphop Chicano: a separate but parallel story / Raegan Kelly -- The interviews. Roy Porter -- Horace Tapscott and JMD -- Kamau Daa'ood -- Watts Prophets -- Old School Roundtable (with G Money and Chino) -- Toddy Tee -- Boo Yaa Tribe -- Greg Mack -- Afrika Islam -- G Bone -- Matt Robinson -- Ice T -- Kid Frost -- Dr Dre -- Eazy E -- Ice Cube -- King Tee -- Skatemaster Tate -- Matthew McDaniel -- Lench Mob -- Cypress Hill -- House of Pain -- Blood of Abraham -- DJ Quik -- Aztlan Underground -- OFTB -- The Pharcyde -- FunkDoobiest -- Freestyle Fellowship -- Nefertiti -- Urban Prop -- Epilogue: The Freestyle: T-Love -- Appendix: CAPA Report on Police Abuse in L.A. 1965-91.
Abstract Documents, interviews, photographs, and essays showing the historical roots of LA rap and its cultural connections to the heritage of the Hollywood jazz world, African American poetic traditions, graffiti, breakdance, hiphop and gangster rap. Much of this is described by the artists themselves.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references, discography (pages 332-335), and index.
LCCN 94002584
ISBN0860914453 :
ISBN0860916200 (pbk.) :

Available Items

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Music Music Stacks ML3531 .C76 1994 ✔ Available Place Hold