Rap has remapped the way we think about music. For more than fifty years its poetics, performance and political power has resonated across the globe. This Companion offers an array of perspectives on the form, from the fields of sociology, linguistics, musicology, psychology, literary studies, education and law, unpacking how this versatile form of oral communication has permeated nearly every aspect of daily life. Taking a decidedly global perspective, these accounts draw from practice in Australia, China, France, Germany, Jamaica, India and Tanzania; exploring how the form has taken hold in particular contexts, and what this can tell us about the medium itself and the environments in which it was repurposed. An indispensable resource for students and researchers, the collection provides an introduction to global rap studies as well as insights into the some of the most important and exciting new developments in this field.
Rap has remapped the way we think about music. The volume guides readers through the history of this global phenomenon, focusing on the most exciting new developments and approaches. It will be of interest to students and researchers in music, sociology, history, philosophy, linguistics, criminology, anthropology, and media and cultural studies.
Daugiau informacijos
Introduces the world's most popular form of performed poetry, from Nicki Minaj to Stormzy, with insights from many academic disciplines.
List of figures; Notes on contributors; Introduction Richard Bramwell
and Alex de Lacey; Part I. Historical and Cultural Perspectives:
1.
Travelling sounds: tracing the global origins of rhythm and poetry Paroma
Ghose;
2. A history of sound system and emcee culture Marvin Sparks; Part II.
Approaches to Rap:
3. Beats, Rhymes, and Life: connecting the sonic and the
social in hip hop music studies J. Griffith Rollefson;
4. 'Listen when I flip
the linguistics': linguistic approaches to hip-hop and the case of 2Pac
Steven Gilbers;
5. Pioneers, postmodernisms and aesthetic experience: a brief
history of aesthetic approaches to rap music Max Ryynänen and Petteri Enroth;
6. The literary singularity of Roots Manuva's Awfully Deep Richard Bramwell;
7. The French (hip-hop) revolution is yet to come: a sociology of rap music
in France Karim Hammou and Marie Sonnette-Manouguian; Part III. Applications
for Rap:
8. Lords of the mic: live collective performance in grime music Alex
de Lacey;
9. Hip-Hop and mental health: perspectives from psychiatry,
psychology, public health, and neuroscience Akeem Sule and Becky Inkster;
10.
The beat of the gavel: rap, 'race' and criminal injustice Lambros Fatsis;
11.
Express yourself: education and wellbeing in Australian applied hip-hop
workshops Dianne Rodger;
12. Rap to skool: hip-hop in the classroom Patrick
Turner; Part IV. Contexts for Rap:
13. Honoring the honorable: Tanzanian
hip-hop artists, awards shows, and the power of popular song Alex Perullo;
14. 'It Will Never Go Away': re-imagining black German identity in 'Ich bin
Schwarz' Sina A. Nitzsche and Laura I. K. Spilker;
15. The art of capping:
exploring digital cloutchasing strategy of black male youth in Chicago's
drill rap scene Jabari Evans;
16. Drill as cultural form: video-music,
chromatism, war and the alternative Malcolm James;
17. English rap in India
and the fault lines of sociolinguistic politics Elloit Cardozo and Jaspal
Naveel Singh;
18. Television and the Janus face of Chinese hip-hop: style,
ideology, and precarious syncretization in The Rap of China Sheng Zou.
Richard Bramwell is Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies at Loughborough University. He is the author of UK Hip Hop, Grime and the City (2015). His research has been published in Popular Music, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power. Alex de Lacey is Assistant Professor in Popular Music, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. He is the author of Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process in Grime Music (2023). His research on rap has appeared in Popular Music, Popular Music History, and Global Hip-Hop Studies.
