Phat Beats, Dope Rhymes

Ian Maxwell s sophisticated story of Australia s hip-hop scene follows the lives of a small, influential group of rappers from Sydney s Westside in the early 1990s. Maxwell conveys the excitement of the scene and the struggles of the white musicians to define Australian hip-hop, showing how discourses of nationalism and community are played out in everyday life. Whether describing composition in a bedroom, confrontation in a radio studio, tagging in a subway line, or breaking in front of a stage, Maxwell evokes the intensity of feeling and the complexity of these key experiences.

About the author

IAN MAXWELL is Chair of the Department of Performance Studies at the University of Sydney. He is a contributor to Global Noise (Wesleyan, 2002).

Summary

How Aussies came to belong to the hip-hop nation.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Maxwell
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2003
• EAN: 9780819566386
• ISBN: 978-0-8195-6638-6
• No. of pages: 322
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 525 g
• Series: Music/Culture; Music Culture S.; Music/Culture; Music / Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology