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- Focuses primarily on the dialogical quality of rap’s intertextual lyrics and approaches emceeing as a performance-based expressive form
- Examines the aesthetic development of the verbal aspects of rap music through the prism of performance studies
- Looks to enhance understanding of the compositional practice of rap lyricists and of their performance philosophy
- Includes an interview with the Sugarhill Gang's Master Gee
Part of the book series: Pop Music, Culture and Identity (PMCI)
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Book Title: Collective Participation and Audience Engagement in Rap Music
Authors: David Diallo
Series Title: Pop Music, Culture and Identity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25377-6
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25376-9Published: 09 September 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-25377-6Published: 28 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2634-6613
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6621
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 150
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Music, African American Culture, Performing Arts, Global/International Culture