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Books on: (rap or rapper or "hip hop")

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To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic

Book by William Jelani Cobb; New York University Press, 2007

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Hip-Hop

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...first all-female rap group, 49; first artist called rapper, 45; first commercially successful white rapper, 160; first rap record, 44; gangsta rapping/rappers, 20,56,63,65; guest rappers, 68; hip hop and, 3,7; as hired...
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The New H.N.I.C. (Head Niggas in Charge): The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop

Book by Todd Boyd; New York University Press, 2002

Subjects:

African American Youth--Political Activity, African American Youth--Social Conditions, African American Youth--Social Life And Customs, African Americans--Civil Rights, African Americans--Intellectual Life--20th Century, African Americans--Social Conditions--1975-, Hip-Hop, United States--Race Relations, United States--Social Conditions--1980-, United States--Social Life And Customs--1971-

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...normalizing of race in hip hop, and this influence...In essence, hip hop and basketball...1999, Detroit rapper Eminem emerged...previous White rappers, though, Eminems...seriously by the core hip hop audience as an...discussed for his rap skills, as opposed...
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Painting without Permission: Hip-Hop Graffiti Subculture

Book by Janice Rahn; Bergin and Garvey, 2002

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Graffiti--Quaebec (Province)--Montraeal, Hip-Hop--Quaebec (Province)--Montraeal, Young Artists--Quaebec (Province)--Montraeal--Interviews

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...those outside the culture, hip-hop is often associated with gangster rap, which started in the late...However, this is only part of the hip-hop movement which attracts the most media attention. In Rap Attack , David Toop 1984 contested...
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From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity

Book by Juan Flores; Columbia University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Arts, Puerto Rican--United States, Popular Culture--United States, Puerto Ricans--United States--Ethnic Identity, Puerto Ricans--United States--Social Life And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs--1971-

Collections: History, Entire Library

...with these Puerto Rican rap- pers, he commented...what are you doing in rap? Youre not a rapper. You learned rap from lis- tening to...miliarity with the New York hip-hop scene of the early years...first platinum-selling rappers themselves go to learn...
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Race Music: Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-Hop

Book by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.; University of California Press, 2003

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African Americans In Popular Culture, African Americans--Music--History And Criticism, Popular Music--Social Aspects--United States

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...expression: rap music, graffiti...origins of hip-hop expressions...in which a rapper uses spoken...couplets. The rap is revolutionary...the lovers raps of Isaac Hayes...mid-1970s hip-hop culture of...hit recording Rappers Delight, by...

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Journal Articles on: (rap or rapper or "hip hop")

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Post-Pomo Hip-Hop Homos: Hip-Hop Art, Gay Rappers, and Social Change

Journal article by D. Mark Wilson; Social Justice, Vol. 34, 2007

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Gay musicians--Social aspects, Hate crimes--Social aspects, Hip-hop (Culture)--Demographic aspects, Race discrimination, Rap groups--Social aspects, Social justice--Analysis

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...Roxannes" women rappers, you know...critiqued hip-hop representations...world could rap, another...political raps and voices...into a raw hip-hop passion and...conscious rap of Public...conscious rap is not owned...righteous rappers" whose socially conscious raps speak of...and reclaim hip-hop as their...
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"One Day It'll All Make Sense": Hip-hop and Rap Resources for Music Librarians

Journal article by Andrew Leach; Music Library Association. Notes, Vol. 65, 2008

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Anthologies, Colleges & universities, Disc jockeys, Encyclopedias, Essays, Hip hop culture, Hip hop music, Linguistics, Martial arts, Musical performances, Rap music, Studies

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...listeners. Finally, the concise entry "Rap" in Bynoes Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip-Hop Culture addresses raps place within hiphop culture, its musical antecedents, prior uses of the term "rap" within African American culture, and...
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Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization

Journal article by Jeffrey A. Dym; Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 42, 2007

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Books--Book reviews, Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization (Book)--Book reviews

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...art, and rap. Hip-Hop Japan focuses primarily on rappers and their...which explores rap fans and consumer...could really rap in Japanese...reveals how rappers have sculpted...of Japanese hip-hop. Though the...and critical raps on Americas...
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From Bricks to Billboards: Hip-Hop Autobiography

Journal article by Mickey Hess; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 39, 2006

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Autobiographies--Analysis, Hip-hop (Culture)--Analysis, Rap (Music)--Criticism and interpretation, Rap music--Criticism and interpretation, Rap singers--Performances

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...Scholarship on hip-hop has examined the...Wahl cites the rap artists "constant...this construct to raps intersection of...Negus argues that rap artists seek both...Negus cites a hip-hop business model...she argues that "rappers and black rap entrepreneurs...
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"Of All Our Studies, History Is Best Qualified to Reward Our Research": Black History's Relevance to the Hip Hop Generation

Journal article by Pero Gaglo Dagbovie; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 90, 2005

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African Americans--Social aspects, Black history--Research, Blacks--History, Blacks--Research, Hip-hop (Culture)--History, Rap (Music)--History, Rap music--History

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...especially among the Hip Hop generation and the...and accessible. Rap music, Hip Hop cultures most characteristic...suggesting that modern rappers were influenced by...defined the role of the rapper in the black community...black historian: "Rap music is a black...

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Magazine Articles on: (rap or rapper or "hip hop")

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`Stakes Is High': Conscious Rap, Neosoul and the Hip-Hop Generation

Magazine article by Jeff Chang; The Nation, Vol. 276, January 13, 2003

Subjects:

Hip-hop (Culture), Rap (Music)--Political aspects, Rap music--Political aspects, Rap singers--Political activity

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...political rapper" in the music...Political rap" was actually...parties where hip-hop began in the...escape. Rappers bragged about...punching) rappers. When Jam...making DJ of rap group Run...surveillance of rappers while talking...lawlessness. Now a hip-hop parent, Kweli...ammunition," he raps. "Teach...
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It's a Hip-Hop World: Rap Music Has Long Been Considered a Form of Resistance against Authority. Boosted by the Commercialization of the Music Industry, That Message Has Proven Its Appeal to Youth All around the World. Now, from Shanghai to Nairobi to Sao Paulo, Hip-Hop Is Evolving into a Truly Global Art of Communication

Magazine article by Jeff Chang; Foreign Policy, November 2007

Subjects:

Cable television broadcasting industry--Influence, Cable television broadcasting industry--Services, Hip-hop (Culture)--Influence, Hip-hop (Culture)--Political aspects, Hip-hop (Culture)--Social aspects, MTV Networks Inc.--Influence, MTV Networks Inc.--Services

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...a pair of rappers face off...like typical hip-hop artists...Chinese. One rapper spits out...This annual rap battle...which aired hip-hop videos once...Yo! MTV Raps became one...skeptics that hip-hop could be...Brazilian rapper Eliefi of...macho idiot rappers come up with...ago, angry rap made by the...
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Gay Hip-Hop Comes out; with a Brand-New Record Deal, Brooklyn Rapper Caushun Is Gay Hip-Hop's First Mainstream Hope-But He Doesn't Speak for the Movement, Thanks

Magazine article by Derrick Mathis; The Advocate, May 13, 2003

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Cashun--Sexual behavior, Gay musicians, Rap singers--Sexual behavior

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...on disco, hip-hop is foreign...openly gay hip-hop artists raised...stepping out into raps unapologetic...I feel hip-hop because its...Y.-based rap artist and...himself "the gay rapper"--makes...lot of these rappers that are doing...
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Hip-Hop at the Movies: Rappers Produce Reel Profits on the Silver Screen

Magazine article by Sakina P. Spruell; Black Enterprise, Vol. 32, July 2002

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Motion picture industry--Analysis, Rap music--Economic aspects

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...of, "Put a rapper in a film, and...full use of a hip-hop artists celebrity...also used the rappers hit single...of the movie. Rapper-entrepreneurs...this series, "Hip-Hop Economy," May...black. Its A Rap Top 25 Films...
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The Many Faces of Kanye West: Producer-Turned-Hit Rapper Takes Hip-Hop in New Direction

Magazine article by Kimberly Davis; Ebony, Vol. 59, June 2004

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Rap singers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, West, Kanye--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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...Producer-Turned-Hit Rapper Takes Hip-Hop in New Direction. by...Chicago hotel, the new hip-hop phenomenon is sporting...recorded with fellow Chicago rapper Twista and comedian Jamie...winding road to the top of hip-hop. Raised on Chicagos...

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Newspaper Articles on: (rap or rapper or "hip hop")

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How Stephen's Story Became a Hip-Hop Opera; A Rapper, a Gospel Choir and an Orchestra Pay Tribute to the Innocent Student Brutally Murdered by Racists

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 16, 2005

Subjects:

Operas, Rap singers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Story Became a Hip-Hop Opera; A Rapper, a Gospel Choir...The restless rap is delivered...right, deejay, rapper and band are...watch a whiplash rapper ride the crest...And to see the rap transformed by...the lost," raps the Radical Best...
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Star Rapper Takes Hip Hop to Nasa; Rhyme with a Reason Brings Astrobiology Down to Earth

Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), July 21, 2009

Subjects:

Extraterrestrial life, Life on other planets, Rap singers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...culture, especially hip hop, has to offer in...commissioning, Jon added: "Rap and hip hop music is my passion...the Astrobiology Rap was a great compliment...continue to create these raps to address the various...science communication rapper Jon Chase
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Multi-Award Winning Rapper Carries the Aussie Flag for Hip Hop and Has Hordes of Fans Flocking to His Shows; Urthboy's Hip Hop and Elefant Traks Comes Together on His Terms

Newspaper article; The Northern Star (Lismore, Australia), September 24, 2009

Subjects:

Rap singers

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...His Shows; Urthboys Hip Hop and Elefant Traks...Australias most established hip hop MCs, Urthboy knows...J Award nominated rapper explains. For over...the Aussie flag for hip hop, gaining widespread...him and his family a rap. It was a tribute...
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Hip Hop Housewife Lives It Up with Snoop; Rapper Flies Chelsea Mother to America to Record Single

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 7, 2011

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Music producers (Persons), Rap singers, Sound recording executives and producers, Working women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Hip Hop Housewife Lives It Up with Snoop; Rapper Flies Chelsea Mother...recording a single with US rapper Snoop Dogg. Mrs Jackson...understood this and wrote a rap for the song thats so...out this year and the rapper has asked Mrs Jackson...
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The Rapper Who's Good and Ready to Put Welsh Hip-Hop on the Map

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 19, 2006

Subjects:

Music industry, Rap singers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Western Mail Hip-hop fans had better...wont forget. Rapper Humurak D...underground hip-hop scene in London...getting used to rappers from Wales...was 13, the rapper said he only...looking at hip-hop in his late...American gangster rappers didnt have...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (rap or rapper or "hip hop")

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Hip-Hop

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

HIP-HOP see rap music . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Rap Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...political awareness. Early rap groups included Grandmaster...and the Beastie Boys. Rap has influenced many forms...music. Some influential rap performers include Public...Wallace, Signifying Rappers (1990); G. Nelson, Hip Hop America (1998...
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Dance

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...various frenzied discotheque and go-go dances of the 1960s, the disco dances of the 1970s, and in the 1980s hip-hop, which was tied to rap music and evolved into an energetic style of street dancing, called break dancing. Tap dancing and ballroom...
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Jazz

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...early 1990s was a style often called acid jazz, a hybrid form that combined traditional jazz, soul, and funk with Latin and hip-hop rhythms. Some of the prominent jazz artists of the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s include Wynton and Branford Marsalis , Terence...
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Feld, Eliot

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...innovative choreography, and has increasingly mingled ballet with vernacular urban styles such as jazz, rock, break dancing, and hip hop. Among his more than 100 works are Intermezzo (1969), Jive (1973), Grand Canon (1984), Yo Shakespeare (1997), and...

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