The vinyl ain't final : hip hop and the globalization of black popular culture / edited by Dipannita Basu and Sidney J. Lemelle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Basu, Dipannita.

Lemelle, Sidney J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hip-hop--Cross-cultural studies.

Hip-hop.

Rap (Music)--Cross-cultural studies.

Rap (Music).

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto, 2006.

Contents:

Side 1 Grooving to the Vinyl Stateside-Rap and Hip Hop in the U.S.

1 'For the People,' 'Tribute,' and 'Redbone' / Umar Bin Hassan 19

2 'A Rap Thing,' 'On Rapping Rap,' and 'Hip Hop or Homeland Security' / Mumia Abu-Jamal 23

3 Hip Hop: Cultural Clout, Corporate Control, and the 'Carceral Cast' / Dipannita Basu 27

4 'Nobody Knows My Name' and an Interview with the Director Rachel Raimist / Dipannita Basu, Laura Harris 56

5 From Azeem to Zion-I: The Evolution of Global Consciousness in Bay Area Hip Hop / Eric K. Arnold 71

6 Head Rush: Hip Hop and a Hawaiian Nation 'On the Rise' / Adria L. Imada 85

7 War at 33 1/3: Hip Hop, the Language of the Unheard, and the Afro-Asian Atlantic / Sohail Daulatzai 100

Side 2 Rap and Hip Hop Groove Globally

8 The Nation Question: Fun^da^mental and the Deathening Silence / John Hutnyk 119

9 'Keeping it Real' in a Different 'Hood: (African-)Americanization and Hip Hop in Germany / Timothy S. Brown 137

10 Africa on their Mind: Rap, Blackness, and Citizenship in France / Veronique Helenon 151

11 Cuban Hip Hop: Making Space for New Voices of Dissent / Annelise Wunderlich 167

12 Dancing Between Islands: Hip Hop and the Samoan Diaspora / April K. Henderson 180

13 Negotiating Ethnicity and Authenticity in Tokyo's Club Harlem / Rhiannon L. Fink 200

14 Globalization and Gangster Rap: Hip Hop in the Post-Apartheid City / Zine Magubane 208

15 'Ni Wapi Tunakwenda': Hip Hop Culture and the Children of Arusha / Sidney J. Lemelle 230.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0745319416

0745319408

OCLC:

62177665

Publisher Number:

9780745319414