Download or read book Sounding Race in Rap Songs written by Loren Kajikawa and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-03-07 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of the most influential and popular genres of the last three decades, rap has cultivated a mainstream audience and become a multimillion-dollar industry by promoting highly visible and often controversial representations of blackness. Sounding Race in Rap Songs argues that rap music allows us not only to see but also to hear how mass-mediated culture engenders new understandings of race. The book traces the changing sounds of race across some of the best-known rap songs of the past thirty-five years, combining song-level analysis with historical contextualization to show how these representations of identity depend on specific artistic decisions, such as those related to how producers make beats. Each chapter explores the process behind the production of hit songs by musicians including Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, The Sugarhill Gang, Run-D.M.C., Public Enemy, N.W.A., Dr. Dre, and Eminem. This series of case studies highlights stylistic differences in sound, lyrics, and imagery, with musical examples and illustrations that help answer the core question: can we hear race in rap songs? Integrating theory from interdisciplinary areas, this book will resonate with students and scholars of popular music, race relations, urban culture, ethnomusicology, sound studies, and beyond.

Download or read book Renegade Rhymes written by Meredith Schweig and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-09-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Like many states emerging from oppressive political rule, Taiwan saw a cultural explosion in the late 1980s, when four decades of martial law under the Chinese National Party ended. As a multicultural, multilingual society with a complicated history of migration and colonization, Taiwanese people met their political transformation and newfound freedom with a host of stories waiting to be told and identities longing for expression. In Renegade Rhymes, ethnomusicologist Meredith Schweig shows how rap music has become a powerful outlet for exploring the complicated ethnic, cultural, and political history of Taiwan. Schweig draws on extensive ethnographic fieldwork to explain how rap's storytelling component became such a vital tool for working out Taiwanese identity and grappling with cultural history. She takes readers to rap festivals, music video sets, hip-hop clubs, and creative collectives in which members participate in rap battles and study under an experienced teacher. As Schweig shows, MCs from marginalized ethnic groups in Taiwan seized on this music of resistance, infusing it with important aspects of their own local identities, languages, and storytelling traditions. We see how these musicians localize rap as a way to challenge longstanding political mythologies and redeem individual and community narratives from the totalizing influence of government and commercial interests. Working against holes in the educational system and a neoliberal economy, new generations of rappers have used the artform to nurture associational bonds and rehearse rituals of democratic citizenship, making a new kind of sense out of their complicated present"--

Download or read book Rhythms and Rhymes of Life written by Miriam Gazzah and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the role of music and youth culture in the identification procces of Dutch-Moroccan youth.

Download or read book Songs for a Revolution written by Eckhard John and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2020 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Makes available twenty-two protest songs of the period up to and including the 1848 Revolution in Germany along with a reception history of the songs through their revival after 1945.

Download or read book Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales written by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ballads of a Bohemian written by Robert William Service and published by New York : Barse & Hopkins. This book was released on 1921 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales a Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England written by James-Orchard Halliwell and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The songs of Scotland ancient and modern with an intr and notes by A Cunningham written by Allan Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Chinese Rhyme Tables written by Pan Wenguo and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-17 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the first volume of a two-volume set that studies Chinese rhyme tables, this book focuses on their emergence, development, structure, and patterns. Rhyme tables are tabulated tool constituted by phonological properties, which helps indicate the pronunciation of sinograms or Chinese characters, marking a precise and systematic account of the Chinese phonological system. This volume first discusses the emergence of the model and factors that determined its formation and evolution, including the Chinese tradition of the rhyme dictionary and the introduction of Buddhist scripts. The second part analyzes the structure and arrangement patterns of rhyme tables in detail, giving insights into the nature of “division” (deng): the classification and differentiation of speech sounds, of vital significance in the reconstruction of middle Chinese. The author argues that deng has nothing to do with vowel aperture or other phonetic features but is a natural result of rhyme table arrangement. He also reexamines the principles for irregular cases (menfa rules) and categorizes the 20 rules into three types. The book will appeal to scholars and student studying linguistics, Chinese phonology, and Sinology.

Download or read book Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales written by James Orchard Halliwell and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-20 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales by James Orchard Halliwell

Download or read book The Songs of Scottland Ancient and Modern with an Introduction and Notes Historical and Critical and Characters of the Lyric Poets written by Allan Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Complete Poetical Works of Robert W Service written by Robert William Service and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rhymes in the Flow written by Macklin Smith and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its global popularity, rap has received little scholarly attention in terms of its poetic features. Rhymes in the Flow systematically analyzes the poetics (rap beats, rhythms, rhymes, verse and song structures) of many notable rap songs to provide new insights on rap artistry and performance. Defining and describing the features of what rappers commonly call flow, the authors establish a theory of the rap line as they trace rap’s deepest roots and stylistic evolution—from Anglo-Saxon poetry to Lil Wayne—and contextualize its complex poetics. Rhymes in the Flow helps explain rap’s wide appeal by focusing primarily on its rhythmic and thematic power, while also claiming its historical, cultural, musical, and poetic importance.

Download or read book The Nursery Rhymes of England written by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Nursery Rhymes of England written by James Orchard Halliwell and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rhymes For Hard Times written by D.A. Moore and published by D.A. Moore. This book was released on 2024-07-02 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the impact of America's waning integrity on the mind of a young Black woman, and how it affects her personal growth and well-being. Desiree learns how to confront personal demons and overcome challenges in a world that is becoming increasingly divided and conflicted. Through her poetry, she embraces her flaws and turns them into strengths to achieve personal growth and success. On this journey, she harnesses inspiration and empowerment from experiences in the uphill battle for peace and security. Included in this book: - Insightful reflections on the impact mental-health has on personal development and perceptions of reality. -Controversial subject matter

Download or read book Rimes and More Rhymes written by Don McCabe and published by AVKO Foundation. This book was released on 1994-07 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: