Black Music: Rap & Hip-Hop
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Rap and Hip-Hop
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Hip-hop; Hip-Hop -- United States; Rap (Music) -- History and Criticism
Books
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Can't Stop Won't Stop by
Call Number: ML3531 .C5 2005ISBN: 9780312301439Publication Date: 2005Forged in the fires of the Bronx and Kingston, Jamaica, Hip Hop has been a generation-defining movement. In a post-civil rights era transformed by deindustrialisation and globalisation, Hip Hop became a job-making engine and forever transformed politics and culture. Based on more than a decade of original interviews with DJs, b-boys, graffitti writers, gang members and rappers, and featuring unforgettable portraits of many of Hip Hop's forbears and mavericks, this book chronicles the rise and rise of this movement through vivid cultural criticism and detailed narrative. -
Black Noise by
Call Number: ML3531 .R67 1994ISBN: 0819552712Publication Date: 1994A thorough analysis of several facets of rap, including a discussion of hip-hop and the neglected role of women in rap. -
3 Kings: Diddy, Dr. Dre, Jay Z, and hip-hop's multibillion-dollar rise by
Call Number: ML3531 .G74 2018ISBN: 9780316316538Publication Date: 2018Tracing the careers of hip-hop's three most dynamic stars, this deeply reported history brilliantly examines the entrepreneurial genius of the first musician tycoons: Diddy, Dr. Dre, and Jay-Z. Being successful musicians was simply never enough for the three kings of hip-hop. Diddy, Dr. Dre, and Jay-Z lifted themselves from childhood adversity into tycoon territory, amassing levels of fame and wealth that not only outshone all other contemporary hip-hop artists, but with a combined net worth of well over $2 billion made them the three richest American musicians, period. -
Know What I Mean? by
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 0786721898Publication Date: 2007Dubbed "the Hip-Hop Intellectual" by critics and fans for his pioneering explorations of rap music in the academy and beyond, Michael Eric Dyson is uniquely situated to probe the most compelling and controversial dimensions of hip-hop culture. Know What I Mean? addresses salient issues within hip hop: the creative expression of degraded youth that has garnered them global exposure; the vexed gender relations that have made rap music a lightning rod for pundits; the commercial explosion that has made an art form a victim of its success; the political elements that have been submerged in the most popular form of hip hop; and the intellectual engagement with some of hip hop's most influential figures. In spite of changing trends, both in the music industry and among the intelligentsia, Dyson has always supported and interpreted this art that bloomed unwatered, and in many cases, unwanted from our inner cities. For those who wondered what all the fuss is about in hip hop, Dyson's bracing and brilliant book breaks it all down. -
Hip Hop Headphones by
Call Number: OnlineISBN: 1501308246Publication Date: 2016Hip Hop Headphones is a crash course in Hip Hop culture. Featuring definitions, lectures, academic essays, and other scholarly discussions and resources, Hip Hop Headphones documents the scholarship of Dr. James B. Peterson, founder of Hip Hop Scholars--an organization devoted to developing the educational potential of Hip Hop.Defining Hip Hop from multi-disciplinary perspectives that embrace the elemental forms of Hip Hop Culture (b-boying, dj-ing, rapping, and graffiti art), Hip Hop Headphones is the definitive guide to how Hip Hop culture can be used in the classroom to engage and inspire students.
Databases
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Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowIndexing and abstracts for more than 420 international music periodicals, plus full text for 83 journals.
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Bloomsbury Music and Sound This link opens in a new window
ON-CAMPUS users must login with HawkID and password. An invaluable resource for a broad range of Arts and Humanities subjects, Bloomsbury Popular Music provides comprehensive and authoritative information about all genres of popular music worldwide, from the early 20th century to the present day
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Black Studies Center This link opens in a new windowBlack Studies Center combines three invaluable resources for research and teaching in Black Studies: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index of Black Periodicals (IIBP), and The Chicago Defender. This fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies includes scholarly essays, recent periodicals, and historical newspaper articles.
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Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive (EIMA) This link opens in a new windowAn archival research resource containing the essential primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through to 2000. The core US and UK trade magazines covering film, music, broadcasting and theater are all included, together with film fan magazines and music press titles.
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MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO Version) This link opens in a new windowThe MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for books, articles and websites published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. It is produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), an organization dedicated to the study and teaching of language and literature. The electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1925 and contains over 2 million citations from more than 4,400 periodicals (including peer-reviewed e-journals) and 1,000 book publishers.
Albums
The 33 1/3 books series provides short overviews of seminal albums, including some rap classics by Nas, Public Enemy, Kanye West, and more.
Videos
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HistoryMakers Digital Archive This link opens in a new windowSince 1999, The HistoryMakers has been recording African American oral histories to refashion a more inclusive record of American history and to educate and enlighten millions worldwide. This includes several prominent rap artists and promoters, such as DMC, Kool Moe Dee, Greg Mack, Russell Simmons, and Will Griffin.