Total chaos : the art and aesthetics of hip-hop / edited by Jeff Chang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chang, Jeff.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hip-hop.

Physical Description:

xv, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : BasicCivitas Books, [2006]

Summary:

Hip-hop is one of the most important art movements of the past two decades, having moved beyond rap music to transform theater, dance, performance, poetry, literature, fashion, design, photography, painting, and film. American Book Award-winning journalist Jeff Chang, author of the acclaimed Can't Stop Won't Stop; A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, presents an incisive look at hip-hop arts through the voices of its pioneers, innovators, and mavericks. With an introductory survey essay by Chang, the anthology includes: Greg Tate, Mark Anthony Neal, Brian "B+" Cross, and Vijay Prashad on hip-hop aesthetics in the wake of multiculturalism, Actor and playwright Danny Hoch's hip-hop arts manifesto, Joan Morgan and Mark Anthony Neal on gender relations in hip-hop, Danyel Smith and Adam Mansbach on hip-hop literature, B-boy-turned-visual-artist DOZE on the uses and limits of a "hip-hop" identity, PEN Award-winning writer Raquel Cepeda on "the flash of the spirit" in hip-hop arts, Popmaster Fabel's history of hip-hop dance, and choreographer Rennie Harris on the emergence of global dance theater, Bill Adler on hip-hop photography, with photos by Glen E. Friedman, Janette Beckman, and Joe Conzo, Poetry and prose from Amde Hamilton of the Watts Prophets, Staceyann Chin, Suheir Hammad, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and Kevin Coval.

Contents:

Introduction: Hip-Hop Arts: Our Expanding Universe / Jeff Chang ix

Part 1 Roots: Perspectives on Hip-Hop History 3

1 Dreams of a Final Theory / Harry Allen 7

2 Nommo / Anthony "Amde" Hamilton 10

3 (Yet Another) Letter to a Young Poet / Marc Bamuthi Joseph 11

4 Physical Graffiti: The History of Hip-Hop Dance / Jorge "Popmaster Fabel" Pabon 18

5 The Art of Battling: An Interview with Zulu King Alien Ness / Joe Schloss 27

6 Got Next: A Roundtable on Identity and Aesthetics after Multiculturalism / Greg Tate, Vijay Prashad, Mark Anthony Neal, Brian Cross 33

Part 2 Flipping the Script: Beyond the Four Elements 55

7 The Pure Movement and the Crooked Line: An Interview with Rennie Harris / Jeff Chang 59

8 Found in Translation: The Emergence of Hip-Hop Theatre / Eisa Davis 70

9 From the Dope Spot to Broadway: A Roundtable on Hip-Hop Theatre, Dance, and Performance / Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Kamilah Forbes, Traci Bartlow, Javier Reyes 78

10 On Lit Hop / Adam Mansbach 92

11 Who Shot Ya: A History of Hip-Hop Photography / Bill Adler 102

12 Words and Images: A Roundtable on Hip-Hop Design / Cey Adams, Brent Rollins, Sacha Jenkins 117

13 Between the Studio and the Street: Hip-Hop in the Postmillennial Visual Arts / Lydia Yee, Nadine Robinson, Samford Biggers, Luis Gispert, Jackie Salloum 133

14 The City in Public versus Private: Through a Scanner Darkly / Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky 149

Part 3 The Real: Identity in Flux 161

15 Trapped in between the Lines: The Aesthetics of Hip-Hop Journalism / Oliver Wang 165

16 L-vis Is a Pioneer; or, Legacy: The VH1 Special / Kevin Coval 175

17 Burn Rubber on Plastic Bubbles: "Gangsta Limpin'" and the Art of Dave Funkenklein / Dave Tompkins 178

18 Black Talk and Hot Sex: Why "Street Lit" Is Literature / Danyel Smith 188

19 It's All One / Juba Kalamka, Tim'm West 198

20 Homothugdragsterism / Joel Barraquiel Tan 209

21 How I found my inner DJ / Robert Karimi 219

22 A Brand-New Feminism / Joan Morgan, Mark Anthony Neal 233

Part 4 Worldwide: Hip-Hop Arts Beyond Borders 247

23 Brooklyn / Suheir Hammad 249

24 Falling for Bob Marley / Staceyann Chin 252

25 Inventos Hip-Hop: An Interview with Eli Jacobs-Fauntauzzi / Jeff Chang 255

26 Cape Flats Alchemy: Hip-Hop Arts in South Africa / Shaheen Ariefdien, Nazli Abrahams 262

27 AfroBlue: Incanting Yoruba Gods in Hip-Hop's Isms / Raquel Cepeda 271

28 Native Tongues: Hip-Hop's Global Indigenous Movement / Cristina Veran, Darryl "DLT" Thompson, Litefoot, Grant Leigh Saunders, Mohammed Yunus Rafiq, JAAS 278

Part 5 Next Elements: Hip-Hop Arts and Future Aesthetics 293

29 Untitled / Walidah Imarisha 297

30 Theatres Crossing the Divide: A Baby Boomer's Defense of Hip-Hop Aesthetics / Roberta Uno 300

31 Put Your Camera Where My Eyes Can See: Hip-Hop Video, Film, and Documentary / Eric K. Arnold, Rachel Raimist, Kevin Epps, Michael Wanguhu 306

32 Codes and the B-Boy's Stigmata: An Interview with DOZE / Jeff Chang 321

33 Revolution: An Interview with Brett Cook-Dizney / Jeff Chang 331 331

34 Scarcity and Exploitation: The Myth and Reality of the Struggling Hip-Hop Artist / Rha Goddess 340

35 Toward a Hip-Hop Aesthetic: A Manifesto for the Hip-Hop Arts Movement / Danny Hoch 349.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0465009093

OCLC:

70803369

Publisher Number:

9780465009091