Nuthin'' But a 'G' Thang - The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap

Informationen zum Autor Eithne Quinn Zusammenfassung Focusing on the artists Ice Cube! Dr Dre! the Geto Boys! Snoop Dogg! and Tupac Shakur! Quinn explores the origins! development! and immense popularity of gangsta rap. Including detailed readings in urban geography! neoconservative politics! subcultural formations! black cultural debates! and music industry conditions! this book explains how and why this music genre emerged. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. A Gangsta Parable2. Gangsta's Rap: Black Cultural Studies and the Politics of Representation3. "Alwayz Into Somethin'& thinsp": Gangsta's Emergence in 1980s Los Angeles4. "Straight Outta Compton": Ghetto Discourses and the Geographies of Gangsta5. "The Nigga Ya Love To Hate": Badman Lore and Gangsta Rap6."Who's the Mack?" Rap Performance and Trickster Tales7. "It's a Doggy-Dogg World": The G-Funk Era and the Post-Soul Family8. Tupac Shakur and the Legacies of Gangsta

Product details

• Authors: Eithne Quinn, Quinn Eithne
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.2004
• EAN: 9780231124089
• ISBN: 978-0-231-12408-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives; Popular Cultures, Everyday Liv; Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives; Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives (COUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Music, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Rap and Hip Hop, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop, Popular Music, HISTORY / African American & Black