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Rhymin' and stealin' : musical borrowing in hip-hop / Justin A. Williams.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781299782426
  • 9780472029396
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • ML3531 .R496 2013
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Contents:
Historicizing the breakbeat : hip-hop's origins and authenticity -- The construction of jazz rap as high art in hip-hop music -- Dr. Dre's "Jeep beats" and musical borrowing for the automotive space -- The martyr industry : Tupac Shakur, the Notorious B.I.G., and postmortem sampling -- Borrowing and lineage in Eminem/2Pac's Loyal to the game and 50 Cent's Get rich or die trying -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Discography -- Filmography -- Index.
Subject: Rhymin' and Stealin' Musical Borrowing in Hip-Hop, Dr Williams uses examples from Nas, Jay-Z, A Tribe Called Quest, Eminem, and many others to show that the transformation of pre-existing material is the fundamental element of hip-hop aesthetics.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Historicizing the breakbeat : hip-hop's origins and authenticity -- The construction of jazz rap as high art in hip-hop music -- Dr. Dre's "Jeep beats" and musical borrowing for the automotive space -- The martyr industry : Tupac Shakur, the Notorious B.I.G., and postmortem sampling -- Borrowing and lineage in Eminem/2Pac's Loyal to the game and 50 Cent's Get rich or die trying -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Discography -- Filmography -- Index.

Rhymin' and Stealin' Musical Borrowing in Hip-Hop, Dr Williams uses examples from Nas, Jay-Z, A Tribe Called Quest, Eminem, and many others to show that the transformation of pre-existing material is the fundamental element of hip-hop aesthetics.

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