The Vinyl Ain't Final: Hip Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture / Edition 1

by Dipannita Basu, Sidney Lemelle

Overview

In the preface of The Vinyl Ain’t Final, Robin Kelley exclaims ‘Hip Hop is Dead! Long Live Hip Hop’, and the rest of the contributors in this edited volume respond by providing critical perspectives that bridge the gap between American-orientated hip hop and its global reach.

From the front lines of hip hop culture and music in the USA, Britain, France, Japan, Germany, Hawaii, Tanzania, Cuba, Samoa and South Africa, academics, poets, practitioners, journalists, and political commentators explore hip hop -- both as a culture and as a commodity. From the political economy of the South African music industry to the cultural resistance forged by Afro-Asian hip hop, this potent mix of contributors provides a unique critical insight into the implications of hip hop globally and locally. Indispensable for fans of hip hop culture and music, this book will also appeal to anyone interested in cultural production, cultural politics and the implications of the huge variety of forms hip hop encompasses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780745319407
Publisher:	Pluto Press
Publication date:	06/20/2006
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Dipa Basu is and Associate Professor of Sociology and Black Studies at Pitzer College, Claremont, California. Her recent publications include 'Sociology of the Color Line' in Peter Ratcliffe, ed. The Politics of Social Science Research: Race, Ethnicity and Social Change (Palgrave Press, 2001).

Table of Contents

Foreword by Robin D.G. Kelley Introduction by Dipannita Basu and Sidney Lemelle SIDE ONE: RAP AND HIP HOP IN THE US 1. For the People, TRIBUTE, and REDBONE. by Umar Bin Hassan 2. A Rap Thing, On Rapping Rap. and For Mario: Homeland and Hip Hop, by Mumia Abu-Jamal 3. Hip Hop: As a Culture and Generation by Dipannita Basu 4. Nobody Knows My Name and an interview with the Director Rachel Raimist: A Female Hip Hop Film Maker by Dipannita Basu and Laura Harris 5. From Azeem to Zion-I: The Evolution of Global Consciousness in Bay Area Hip Hop by Eric K. Arnold 6. Head Rush: Hip Hop and a Hawaiian Nation On the Rise. by Adria L. Imada 7. War At 33 1/3: Culture and Politics Across the Afro-Asian Atlantic. by Sohail Daulatzai SIDE TWO: RAP AND HIP HOP GOES GLOBAL 8. Deathening Silence: The Terms of (Non) Political Commentary Rap by John Hutnyk 9. 'Keeping it Real in a Different Hood: African-Americanization and Hip Hop in Germany by Tim Brown 10. Africa on Their Mind: Rap, Blackness and Citizenship in France by Veronique Helenon 11. Cuban Hip Hop: Underground Revolution by Annelise Wunderlich 12. Between Our Islands We Dance: Hip Hop and the Samoan Diaspora by April K. Henderson 13. Negotiating Ethnicity and Authenticity in Tokyos Club Harlem by Rhiannon Fink 14. Globalization and Gangster Rap: Hip Hop in the Post Apartheid City by Zine Magubane 15. 'Ni Wapi Tunakwenda: Hip Hop Culture and The Children of Arusha by Sidney J.Lemelle Notes About the Contributors Index

Editorial Reviews

"[T]his is a helpful book in explaining the appeal of hip hop and rap across the world to those who are dispossessed and have no other voice. It would certainly gain a wider readership beyond the academic community as many of the essays consciously eschew an academic framework which helps the reader to appreciate the political and social aspects of rap not only in the United States but across the world." -Dr. Lee Sartain, University of Portsmouth

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