LEADER 03646nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910782024303321 005 20210517190817.0 010 $a0-8147-9004-6 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814790045 035 $a(CKB)1000000000522875 035 $a(EBL)866078 035 $a(OCoLC)784884496 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284893 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11226426 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284893 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10262006 035 $a(PQKB)10071417 035 $a(OCoLC)191953400 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10237 035 $a(DE-B1597)547533 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814790045 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL866078 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10176210 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866078 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000522875 100 $a20060912d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTo the break of dawn$b[electronic resource] $ea freestyle on the hip hop aesthetic /$fWilliam Jelani Cobb 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-1671-7 311 $a0-8147-1670-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 175-182) and index. 327 $aThe roots -- The score -- Word of mouth -- Asphalt chronicles : hip hop and the storytelling tradition -- Seven MCs. 330 $a2007 Arts Club of Washington?s National Award for Arts Writing - Finalist SEE ALSO: Pimps Up, Ho?s Down: Hip Hop?s Hold on Young Black Women by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting. With roots that stretch from West Africa through the black pulpit, hip-hop emerged in the streets of the South Bronx in the 1970's and has spread to the farthest corners of the earth. To the Break of Dawn uniquely examines this freestyle verbal artistry on its own terms. A kid from Queens who spent his youth at the epicenter of this new art form, music critic William Jelani Cobb takes readers inside the beats, the lyrics, and the flow of hip-hop, separating mere corporate rappers from the creative MCs that forged the art in the crucible of the street jam. The four pillars of hip hop?break dancing, graffiti art, deejaying, and rapping?find their origins in traditions as diverse as the Afro-Brazilian martial art Capoeira and Caribbean immigrants? turnstile artistry. Tracing hip-hop?s relationship to ancestral forms of expression, Cobb explores the cultural and literary elements that are at its core. From KRS-One and Notorious B.I.G. to Tupac Shakur and Lauryn Hill, he profiles MCs who were pivotal to the rise of the genre, verbal artists whose lineage runs back to the black preacher and the bluesman. Unlike books that focus on hip-hop as a social movement or a commercial phenomenon, To the Break of Dawn tracks the music's aesthetic, stylistic, and thematic evolution from its inception to today's distinctly regional sub-divisions and styles. Written with an insider's ear, the book illuminates hip-hop's innovations in a freestyle form that speaks to both aficionados and newcomers to the art. 606 $aHip-hop 610 $aBronx. 610 $aEminem. 610 $aSouth. 610 $aartistic. 610 $aevolution. 610 $afrom. 610 $ahip-hop. 615 0$aHip-hop. 676 $a782.421649 700 $aCobb$b Jelani$01549079 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782024303321 996 $aTo the break of dawn$93806649 997 $aUNINA