A Crate of Records Is like a History Book
1995; Athabasca University Press; Volume: 35; Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/25143919
ISSN1911-4842
AutoresWilliam Eric Perkins, Brian Cross,
Tópico(s)Music History and Culture
ResumoTHIS IS AN IMPORTANT BOOK documenting one of the least-understood chapters in the history and evolution of hip-hop culture: the emergence of rap and hip-hop in the City of Quartz — Los Angeles. Brian Cross, photo editor for Rappages and a leading hip-hop journalist, has provided a rich account of hip-hop's birth on the West Coast. Following a lengthy introduction, Cross provides a wide range of interviews with LA-based hip-hop personalities from the earliest break dancers down to the current crop of post-gangsta', post-rebellion rappers such as Warren D and the Freestyle Fellowship. More than a history and popular ethnography of the music, style, and culture of Los Angeles, it is a stunning portrait of life in the post-industrial metropolis. Here is his early description of Black Los Angeles:
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