Dirty South: Outkast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop - Couverture souple

Westhoff, Ben

 
9781569766064: Dirty South: Outkast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop
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ISBN 10 : 1569766061 ISBN 13 : 9781569766064
Editeur : Chicago Review Press, 2011

Synopsis

Rap music from New York and Los Angeles once ruled the charts, but nowadays the southern sound thoroughly dominates the radio, Billboard , and MTV. Coastal artists like Wu\-Tang Clan, Nas, and Ice\-T call southern rap \x22\x22garbage,\x22\x22 but they\x27re probably just jealous, as artists like Lil Wayne and T.I. still move millions of copies, and OutKast has the bestselling rap album of all time. class=MsoNormal>In Dirty South , author Ben Westhoff investigates the southern rap phenomenon, watching rappers \x22\x22make it rain\x22\x22 in a Houston strip club and partying with the 2 Live Crew\x27s Luke Campbell. Westhoff visits the gritty neighborhoods where T.I. and Lil Wayne grew up, kicks it with Big Boi in Atlanta, and speaks with artists like DJ Smurf and Ms. Peachez, dance\-craze originators accused of setting back the black race fifty years. Acting both as investigative journalist and irreverent critic, Westhoff probes the celebrated\-but\-dark history of Houston label Rap\-A\-Lot Records, details the lethal rivalry between Atlanta MCs Gucci Mane and Young Jeezy, and gets venerable rapper Scarface to open up about his time in a mental institution. Dirty South features exclusive interviews with the genre\x27s most colorful players. class=MsoNormal>Westhoff has written a journalistic tour de force, the definitive account of the most vital musical culture of our time.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ben Westhoff is a former staff writer for St. Louis's Riverfront Times, whose work has also appeared in the Village Voice, Creative Loafing, Spin, and Pitchfork.

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Éditeur
Chicago Review Press
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1569766061
ISBN 13 
9781569766064
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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