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R&B (rhythm & business) : the political economy of black music / edited by Norman Kelley.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3479 .R3 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Music.
- African Americans.
- Rhythm and blues music--Economic aspects.
- Rhythm and blues music.
- Sound recording industry--United States.
- Sound recording industry.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 334 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Rhythm and business
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Akashic ; London : Turnaround, 2002.
- Summary:
- Who profits most from the spectacular success of black music? In "R & B, " Public Enemy's Chuck D, author Norman Kelley, and other journalists and musicians combine forces to examine how black music has been developed, marketed, and distributed within the structure of American capitalism.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Struoture of Stealing
- Notes on the Political Economy of Black Music / Norman Kelley 6
- Papa's Got a Brand-New Bag: Big Music's Post-Fordist Regime and the Role of Independent Music Labels / Michael Roberts 24
- The Discordant Sound of Music / The Naacp report, 1987 44
- Tell Me Something I Don't Already Know: The Harvard Report on Soul Music Revisited / David Sanjek 59
- The Ballad of the Mid-Level Artist / Danny Goldberg 77
- Part 2 The Politics of Race Music
- The Anatomy of a "Race" Music Label / Stephen Calt 86
- Crossing Over: From Black Rhythm & Blues to White Rock 'n' Roll / Reebee Garofalo 112
- "All for One, and One for All": Black Enterprise, Racial Politics and the Business of Soul / Brian Ward 138
- Soul for Sale: The Marketing of Black Musical Expression / Mark Anthony Neal 158
- Part 3 Do Plantains Go with Collard Greens? The Political Economy of Jazz and Salsa
- If You're Black Get Back: Double Standards in the Recording Industry / Frank Kofsky 176
- Kind of Blue: Jazz Competes with Its Past, Settles for the Hard Sell / Richard B. Woodward 185
- Crossover Schemes: New York Salsa as Politics, Culture, and Commerce / Karl Hagstrom Miller 192
- Part 4 The Politics of the Noise
- Money, Power, and Respect: A Critique of the Business of Rap Music / Yvonne Bynoe 220
- How Not to Get Jerked! The Hip Hop Elementary Roundtable / Adams Mansbach et al. 235
- Interview: Wendy Day, Advocate for Rappers / Norman Kelley 255
- Death of a Nation
- Where Ignorance Is Rewarded for a New Race Creation: The Niggro / Chuck D 267
- Part 5 The Future of Music
- The Heavenly Juke Box / Charles C. Mann 272
- Music and New Technology: Making Music in the Digital Age / William Phillips 302
- Senate Testimony of the Future of Music Coalition, April 3, 2001 / Jenny Toomey, Michael Bracy, Walter McDonough, Kristin Thomson 319
- Artist Rights and Record Companies: A Letter to Fellow Recording Artists / Courtney Love 329.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical refereneces.
- ISBN:
- 1888451262
- OCLC:
- 49458185
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