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Rap Music and Street Consciousness

Rap Music and Street Consciousness Paperback / softback - 2004

by Cheryl L. Keyes

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Paperback / softback. New. Serves as a history of rap music. This book traces the genre's history from its roots in West African bardic traditions, the Jamaican dancehall tradition, and African American vernacular expressions to its permeation of the cultural mainstream as a major tenet of hip-hop lifestyle and culture.
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Details

  • Title Rap Music and Street Consciousness
  • Author Cheryl L. Keyes
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 302
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Illinois Press, Urbana & Chicago
  • Date March 5, 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780252072017
  • ISBN 9780252072017 / 0252072014
  • Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.08 x 6.02 x 0.85 in (23.06 x 15.29 x 2.16 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Rap (Music) - History and criticism, Rap (Music) - Social aspects
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002000252
  • Dewey Decimal Code 782.421

First line

Most critics and scholars concur that rap music is a confluence of African American and Caribbean cultural expressions, such as sermons, blues, game songs, and toasts and toasting-all of which are recited in a chanted rhyme or poetic fashion.

About the author

Cheryl L. Keyes is a professor of ethnomusicology and global jazz studies at UCLA. She is also a songwriter, composer, and performer.