| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 633-635) and index. |
| Contents |
v. 1. East Coast and West Coast. Hip cats in the cradle of rap: hip hop in the Bronx / David Diallo -- Uptown, baby!: hip hop in Harlem and upper Manhattan / David Shanks -- From Queens come kings: Run DMC stomps hard out of a "soft" borough / Erick Blount Danois -- Brooklyn beats: hip hop's home to everyone from everywhere / Jennifer R. Young -- "Brooklyn keeps on takin' it!": a conversation with bushwick, Brooklyn's Da Beatminerz / Mickey Hess -- A black sheep borough, an island of all white people: Staten Island steps up / Matthew Brian Cohen -- The sound of Philadelphia: hip hop history in the City of Brotherly Love / Mickey Hess -- The bricks and beyond: hip hop in Newark and northern New Jersey / Andrea Roberts -- Hip hop in the hub: how Boston rap remained underground / Pacey C. Foster -- From electro-rap to G-funk: a social history of rap music in Los Angeles and Compton, California / David Diallo -- Between Macks and Panthers: hip hop in Oakland and San Francisco / George Ciccariello-Maher and Jeff St. Andrews -- From the SEA to the PDX: northwest hip hop in the I-5 corridor / Rachel Key -- |
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v. 2. The Midwest, the South, and beyond. Timeline of American regional hip hop : The evolution of the Second City lyric: hip hop in Chicago and Gary, Indiana / Warren Scott Cheney -- Heartland hip hop: Nelly, St. Louis, and Country Grammar / Amanda Lawson -- From St. Paul to Minneapolis, all the hands clap for this: hip hop in the Twin Cities / Justin Schell -- Welcome to the D: making and remaking hip hop culture in post-Motown Detroit / Carleton S. Gholz -- The long, hot grind: how Houston engineered an industry of independence / Jamie Lynch -- "The sound of money": Atlanta, crossroads of the dirty south / Matt Miller -- Virginia is for lovers and rappers: Hampton Roads rappers, changing the game / Laurie Cannady -- Bouncin' straight out the dirty dirty: community and dance in New Orleans rap / Rich Paul Cooper -- Soul legacies: hip hop and historicity in Memphis / Zandria F. Robinson -- Tropic of bass: culture, commerce, and controversy in Miami rap / Matt Miller -- Paradise lost and found: hip hop in Hawai'i / Rohan Kalyan -- Appendix: Regional hip hop playlist / Danielle Hess. |
| Summary |
Thoroughly researched, thoroughly in tune with the culture, Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide profiles two dozen specific hip hop scenes across the United States, showing how each place shaped a singular identity. Through its unique geographic perspective, it captures the astonishing diversity of a genre that has captivated the nation and the world. In two volumes organized by broad regions (East Coast, West Coast and Midwest and the Dirty South), Hip Hop in America spans the complete history of rap-from its 1970s origins to the rap battles between Queens and the Bronx in the 1980s, from the well-publicized East Coast v. West Coast conflicts in the 1990s to the rise of the Midwest and South over the past ten years. Each essay showcases the history of the local scene, including the MCs, DJs, b-boys and b-girls, label owners, hip hop clubs, and radio shows that have created distinct styles of hip hop culture. |
| Subjects (Topics) |
Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.
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| Additional author |
Hess, Mickey, 1975-
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| Bib utility control no. |
422757192 |
| OCLC no. (old) |
422757186 422757189 |
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