Rhymes in the Flow

How Rappers Flip the Beat

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Av Macklin Smith, Aurko Joshi

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-07-16
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor302
FörlagThe University of Michigan Press
ISBN9780472073894

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Rhymes in the Flow is the product of great learning and greater passion. By turns playful and provocative, incisive and irreverent, the book excavates some of rap's mysteries: how MCs flow to a beat, how the art of MC-ing has evolved over the years, how rap styles are born. The authors' passion is apparent, as is the impressive range of their research. Smith and Joshi have written a hip-hop book like no other." - Adam Bradley, author of Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop