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Author Rose, Tricia.

Title Black noise : rap music and black culture in contemporary America / Tricia Rose.

Imprint Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, ©1994.

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 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  782.42164 ROS    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  782.42 R797B    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Music/culture.
Music/culture.
Awards American Book Award, 1995
Note "Wesleyan University Press."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index.
Contents Voices from the margins : rap music and contemporary black cultural production -- "All aboard the night train" : flow, layering, and rupture in postindustrial New York -- Soul sonic forces : technology, orality, and black cultural practice in rap music -- Prophets of rage : rap music and the politics of black cultural expression -- Bad sistas : black women rappers and sexual politics in rap music.
Summary From its beginnings in hip hop culture, the dense rhythms and aggressive lyrics of rap music have made it a provocative fixture on the American cultural landscape. In Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America, Tricia Rose, described by the New York Times as a "hip hop theorist," takes a comprehensive look at the lyrics, music, cultures, themes, and styles of this highly rhythmic, rhymed storytelling and grapples with the most salient issues and debates that surround it. Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and History at New York University, Tricia Rose sorts through rap's multiple voices by exploring its underlying urban cultural politics, particularly the influential New York City rap scene, and discusses rap as a unique musical form in which traditional African-based oral traditions fuse with cutting-edge music technologies. Next she takes up rap's racial politics, its sharp criticisms of the police and the government, and the responses of those institutions. Finally, she explores the complex sexual politics of rap, including questions of misogyny, sexual domination, and female rappers' critiques of men. But these debates do not overshadow rappers' own words and thoughts. Rose also closely examines the lyrics and videos for songs by artists such as Public Enemy, KRS-One, Salt N' Pepa, MC Lyte, and L.L. Cool J. and draws on candid interviews with Queen Latifah, music producer Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, dancer Crazy Legs, and others to paint the full range of rap's political and aesthetic spectrum. In the end, Rose observes, rap music remains a vibrant force with its own aesthetic, "a noisy and powerful element of contemporary American popular culture which continues to draw a great deal of attention to itself" [Publisher description].
Subject Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.
African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
Popular culture -- United States.
RAP MUSIC - HISTORY AND CRITICISM.
POPULAR CULTURE - UNITED STATES.
AFRICAN AMERICANS - MUSIC - HISTORY AND CRITICISM.
African Americans -- Music. (OCoLC)fst00799648
Popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01071344
Rap (Music) (OCoLC)fst01089951
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Hiphop.
Rap.
Rap music -- History and criticism.
African Americans -- History and criticism -- Songs.
Genre/Form Music. (OCoLC)fst01423855
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Music.
Added Title Rap music and black culture in contemporary America
ISBN 0819552712 (alk. paper)
9780819552716 (alk. paper)
0819562750 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780819562753 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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