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Rhymin' and stealin' : musical borrowing in hip-hop / Justin A. Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Justin A.
- Series:
- Tracking pop
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rap (Music)--History and criticism.
- Rap (Music).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Rhymin' and Stealin' Musical Borrowing in Hip-Hop, Dr Williams uses examples from Nas, Jay-Z, A Tribe Called Quest, Eminem, and many others to show that the transformation of pre-existing material is the fundamental element of hip-hop aesthetics.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Historicizing the breakbeat : hip-hop's origins and authenticity
- The construction of jazz rap as high art in hip-hop music
- Dr. Dre's "Jeep beats" and musical borrowing for the automotive space
- The martyr industry : Tupac Shakur, the Notorious B.I.G., and postmortem sampling
- Borrowing and lineage in Eminem/2Pac's Loyal to the game and 50 Cent's Get rich or die trying
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Discography
- Filmography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472029396
- 0472029398
- OCLC:
- 856413138
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