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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455540003321

Autore

Woldu Gail Hilson

Titolo

The words and music of Ice Cube [[electronic resource] /] / Gail Hilson Woldu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger Publishers, c2008

ISBN

1-282-41600-6

9786612416002

0-313-08078-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Collana

The Praeger singer-songwriter collection, , 1553-3484

Disciplina

782.421649092

Soggetti

Rap musicians - United States

Motion picture actors and actresses - United States

Gangsta rap (Music) - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-126), discography (p. [103]-109), filmography (p. [111]-112), and index.

Nota di contenuto

The cultural politics of gangsta rap -- Plenty attitude: the NWA years, 1988-1990 -- Early solo successes: 1990-1993 -- Collaborations and a new direction, 1994-1998 -- Actor, producer, director, screenwriter, lyricist, rapper: the years 1999-2007.

Sommario/riassunto

Ice Cube is one of the most influential figures in the history of rap and hip-hop. Best known for the vitriol of his angry black man recordings of the late 1980s and mid 1990s, Ice Cube epitomizes the genre often referred to as gangsta rap. Much of his music from these years is focused on the disturbing realities of life in black urban ghettos, and as a result it chronicles such complex and controversial issues as racial stereotypes, street gangs, racial profiling, black on black crime, teen pregnancy, absentee fathers, and male-female relationships. His recordings with NWA are noteworthy for