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Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > Rap & hip-hop
Chris Burton and Gary Thompson have compiled a fascinating
collection of flyers advertising secret parties on the Bristol
circuit in the 80s and conducted a series of interviews with the
people behind the leading hip hop crews of the day. The result is a
book that covers an area in Bristol's (and the UK's) musical
development that has never before been documented. Nothing seemed
to daunting for the young DJs, MCs and rappers as they took over
abandoned buildings, moved in the sound systems and partied al
night long. The only publicity was word of mouth and flyers. Many
of the artists behind the flyers such as FLX, Inkie and Nick Walker
have gone on to gain national and international recognition while
many of the crews have become music superstars.
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Blaze
(Paperback)
Kahn Santori Davison; Edited by Curtis L. Crisler
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R495
Discovery Miles 4 950
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Musicians rapping in kriolu--a hybrid of Portuguese and West
African languages spoken in Cape Verde--have recently emerged from
Lisbon's periphery. They popularize the struggles with identity and
belonging among young people in a Cape Verdean immigrant community
that shares not only the kriolu language but its culture and
history. Drawing on fieldwork and archival research in Portugal and
Cape Verde, Derek Pardue introduces Lisbon's kriolu rap scene and
its role in challenging metropolitan Portuguese identities. Pardue
demonstrates that Cape Verde, while relatively small within the
Portuguese diaspora, offers valuable lessons about the politics of
experience and social agency within a postcolonial context that
remains poorly understood. As he argues, knowing more about both
Cape Verdeans and the Portuguese invites clearer assessments of the
relationship between the experience and policies of migration. That
in turn allows us to better gauge citizenship as a balance of
individual achievement and cultural ascription. Deftly shifting
from domestic to public spaces and from social media to
ethnographic theory, Pardue describes an overlooked phenomenon
transforming Portugal, one sure to have parallels in former
colonial powers across twenty-first-century Europe.
"Hip Hop" is more than Rap Music. There are five "elements" that
make up Hip Hop culture: DJing, MCing, B-Boying, Graffiti writing,
and Knowledge. This book is a special collection of the four books
DJ, MC, B-Boy, and Graffiti (A Children's Guide to Hip Hop). This
book will help children of all ages learn about how the different
elements started and grew into the world-wide phenomenon that came
to be known as Hip Hop.
Hip Hop Headphones is a crash course in Hip Hop culture. Featuring
definitions, lectures, academic essays, and other scholarly
discussions and resources, Hip Hop Headphones documents the
scholarship of Dr. James B. Peterson, founder of Hip Hop
Scholars-an organization devoted to developing the educational
potential of Hip Hop. Defining Hip Hop from multi-disciplinary
perspectives that embrace the elemental forms of Hip Hop Culture
(b-boying, dj-ing, rapping, and graffiti art), Hip Hop Headphones
is the definitive guide to how Hip Hop culture can be used in the
classroom to engage and inspire students.
Hip Hop Headphones is a crash course in Hip Hop culture. Featuring
definitions, lectures, academic essays, and other scholarly
discussions and resources, Hip Hop Headphones documents the
scholarship of Dr. James B. Peterson, founder of Hip Hop
Scholars-an organization devoted to developing the educational
potential of Hip Hop. Defining Hip Hop from multi-disciplinary
perspectives that embrace the elemental forms of Hip Hop Culture
(b-boying, dj-ing, rapping, and graffiti art), Hip Hop Headphones
is the definitive guide to how Hip Hop culture can be used in the
classroom to engage and inspire students.
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Lucky
(Paperback)
Stephen M. Anderson
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R387
Discovery Miles 3 870
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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It was never easy for Professor Green. Born into a tough Hackney
estate and raised by his grandmother, the rapper was always
learning the hard way - whether at school, on the streets of east
London or during impromptu freestyling shows at friends' house
parties. Indeed life and music have always been intertwined for the
young rapper, but it wasn't until he was 18 that the two were
brought into focus by the suicide of his father - and his emotions,
ever since, have been reflected in the raw and often passionate
line of his inspirational lyrics. In this wonderful autobiography,
Professor Green - a.k.a. Stephen Manderson - reflects on his life
so far and how his tough upbringing shaped the person and musician
he is today. Passionate, raw and totally open, Lucky is the story
of a boy's journey, from life close to the streets, to a time
briefly behind bars, followed by a life making it as a musician and
becoming the man you want to become. Lucky is accompanied by a
unique digital app, which takes you closer to Professor Green and
his story: with exclusive digital content for readers to enjoy,
this is a rare insight into one of the most exciting and
controversial musicians working in music today.
The follow-up to the critically acclaimed debut, 'The Hip-Hop 10, '
this edition delves deeper into the music that has defined and
influenced a generation. What is the great video in hip-hop
history? Who is the best storytelling MC? Who is the greatest
female rapper? What if Jay-Z had signed a record contract instead
of co-founding Roc-A-Fella Records? What if 2Pac and The Notorious
B.I.G. had not been killed? All of those questions - and more - are
examined in this book.
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