I am hip-hop : conversations on the music and culture / / Andrew J. Rausch

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828322203321
• Autore: Rausch Andrew J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-21386-9; 9786613213860; 0-8108-7792-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Disciplina: 782.421649092/273
• Soggetti: Rap (Music) - History and criticism; Rap musicians - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 9th Wonder; 2 Akrobatik; 3 Big Daddy Kane; 4 Black Sheep Dres; 5 Chip Fu; 6 Chuck D; 7 Michael Cirelli; 8 Daddy-O; 9 DJ JS-1; 10 Eric B; 11 dream hampton; 12 Kokane; 13 Kool Keith; 14 Kool Rock Ski; 15 Keith Murray; 16 Paradime; 17 R.A. the Rugged Man; 18 Rob Kelly; 19 Sadat X; 20 Shock G; 21 Special Ed; 22 Spinderella; 23 Sticky Fingaz; 24 Young MC; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Author Andrew J. Rausch interviewed 24 individuals whose creative expressions are intimately associated with the world of hip-hop music and culture. Those interviewed include emcees, DJs, producers, graffiti artists, poets, and journalists. Topics of these conversations cover the careers of each of these people and their contributions/affiliations with hip-hop, as well as their views on different trends within the music.