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Book of rhymes : the poetics of hip hop
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Book of rhymes : the poetics of hip hop

Author: Adam Bradley
Publisher: New York, NY : Basic Civitas Books, ©2009.
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Examining rap history's most memorable lyricists and their inimitable techniques, literary scholar Adam Bradley argues that we must understand rap as poetry or miss the vanguard of poetry today. Book of Rhymes explores America's least understood poets, unpacking their surprisingly complex craft, and according rap poetry the respect it deserves.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Bradley, Adam.
Book of rhymes.
New York, NY : Basic Civitas Books, c2009
(OCoLC)639684761
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Adam Bradley
ISBN: 9780465003471 0465003478
OCLC Number: 246894813
Description: xxiii, 248 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents: Prologue --
Rap poetry 101 --
Rhythm --
Rhyme --
Wordplay --
Style --
Storytelling --
Signifying --
Epilogue.
Responsibility: Adam Bradley.
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One of hip-hop studies brightest young scholars celebrates the lyrics of hip hop as the most vivid, most revolutionary form of American poetry today  Read more...

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"Dallas Morning News "
"Excellent...Where so many hip-hop studies lean heavily on politics and sociology, Book of Rhymes is a welcome and thorough exploration of rap aesthetics that isn't afraid to be learned."

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
"As comfortable in the company of Jay-Z as he is with John Donne, Adam Bradley is a visionary critic, skillful and wise. His "Book of Rhymes" is a tour de force, brilliantly renovating hip hop criticism as he rescues the forgotten vanguard of American poetry."

Cornel West
"Adam Bradley's "Book of Rhymes" is a marvelous exploration into the poetic genius of rap and the cultural gravity of Hip Hop. His analysis is subtle, sophisticated, and so Read more...

 
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