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Nuthin' but a "G" thang : the culture and commerce of gangsta rap / Eithne Quinn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Quinn, Eithne, 1971-
- Series:
- Popular cultures, everyday lives.
- Popular cultures, everyday lives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rap (Music)--History and criticism.
- Rap (Music).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Other Title:
- Nothing but a "G" thing
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Focusing on the artists Ice Cube, Dr Dre, the Geto Boys, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur, Quinn explores the origins, development, and immense popularity of gangsta rap. Including detailed readings in urban geography, neoconservative politics, subcultural formations, black cultural debates, and music industry conditions, this book explains how and why this music genre emerged.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Further Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1: A Gangsta Parable; CHAPTER 2: Gangsta's Rap: BLACK CULTURAL STUDIES AND THE POLITICSOF REPRESENTATION; CHAPTER 3: Alwayz Into Somethin': GANGSTA'S EMERGENCE IN 1980s LOS ANGELES; CHAPTER 4: Straight Outta Compton: GHETTO DISCOURSES AND THE GEOGRAPHIES OF GANGSTA; CHAPTER 5: The Nigga Ya Love to Hate: BADMAN LORE AND GANGSTA RAP; CHAPTER 6: Who's the Mack?: RAP PERFORMANCE AND TRICKSTER TALES; CHAPTER 7: It's a Doggy-Dogg World: THE G-FUNK ERA AND THE POST-SOUL FAMILY; CHAPTER 8: Tupac Shakur and the Legacies of Gangsta; Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-236) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613629272
- 9781280599439
- 128059943X
- 9780231518109
- 0231518102
- OCLC:
- 826476332
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