Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture (Hardcover)

This is a complete guide to the history, development, people, events, and Ideas of Hip-Hop music and culture. Hip-Hop music is comprised of several art forms: MC-ing or rapping; B-boying or breakdancing; deejaying; and graffiti art. This encyclopedia examines all four of these main elements of hip-hop culture, providing students, scholars, and music fans with a complete history of this thirty-year old music genre. Tracing its early roots from black DJs talking over music in the 1960s, via the B-boy dancers in the 1970s, and the scratching and sampling techniques of the 80s, to the founding of Def Jam productions, the current East Cost-West Coast rivalry, and superstars such as Eminem and 50 cent, hip-hop fans will find this an indispensable resource. The encyclopedia includes approximately 80 photographs, discographies after each entry, and a for further listening list at the end of the volume. Also included is the Hip Hop Declaration of Peace. Covering a popular topic among younger readers, this title looks not only at hop-hop artists, but at the culture in general, and includes approximately 80 photographs.

General

Imprint:	Greenwood Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2005
First published:	2006
Authors:	Yvonne Bynoe
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	480
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-33058-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > General Books > Music > General Promotions
LSN:	0-313-33058-1
Barcode:	9780313330582

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