Five Percenter Rap - God Hop''s Music, Message, and Black Muslim Mission

Informationen zum Autor Felicia Miyakawa is Assistant Professor of Musicology at the Robert W. McLean School of Music, Middle Tennessee State University. She lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Klappentext Hip-hop evangelism--a compelling look at a rap subgroup that explores its musical, social, and political contexts. Zusammenfassung The Five Percent Nation is a controversial organization and a substantial cultural force. This offshoot of the Nation of Islam has employed commercial rap, or "God Hop," to teach its beliefs, comment on relevant issues, and recruit new members. This work establishes the theological and historical underpinnings of Five Percenter Rap. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: God Hop History and Theology of the Five Percent Nation 1. Building a Nation 2. The Five Percenter "Way of Life" God Hop's Tools 3. Lyrics 4. Flow, Layering, Rupture, and Groove 5. Sampling, Borrowing, and Meaning 6. Album Packaging and Organization Conclusion: Reaching the Blind, Deaf, and Dumb Appendix: Five Percenter Rap Musicians Glossary Notes Bibliography Discography Music Credits Indexes

Product details

• Authors: Felicia Miyakawa, Felicia M Miyakawa, Felicia M. Miyakawa, Miyakawa Felicia
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.06.2005
• EAN: 9780253217639
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21763-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Profiles in Popular Music (Pap; Profiles in Popular Music; Profiles in Popular Music (Pap
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries