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Chamber Music: Wu-Tang and America (in 36 Pieces)
Contributor(s): Ashon, Will (Author)
ISBN: 0571350003     ISBN-13: 9780571350001
Publisher: Faber & Faber Social
OUR PRICE:   $21.60  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2019
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Music | Genres & Styles - Rap & Hip Hop
- Biography & Autobiography | Music
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (1.10 lbs)
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
"Each of these chambers contains wonders of history, destiny, and mythology. Chamber Music is hip hop as race and class politics, as music and as poetry on the move. Through Ashon's vibrant textured prose we watch in awe as these young men seize on whatever the culture has to offer, sampling leftovers and legacies, making themselves into ferocious artists" --Margo Jefferson, award-winning author of Negroland

"Stylistically loaded, reckless, funny, naked, thorough, thoughtful, mysterious, devastating, unrelenting, and compassionate. One of the most rewarding pieces of hip hop criticism ever written."--Jeff Chang, author of We Gon' Be All Right: Notes on Race and Resegregation and Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation

Will Ashon tells, in 36 interlinked "chambers", the story of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) and how it changed the world. As unexpected and complex as the album itself, Chamber Music ranges from provocative essays to semi-comic skits, from deep scholarly analysis to satirical celebration, seeking to contextualize, reveal and honor this singular work of art. Chamber Music is an explosive and revelatory new way of writing about music and culture.

Contributor Bio(s): Ashon, Will: - Will Ashon is an English writer and novelist, former music journalist, and founder of the Big Dada imprint of Ninja Tune records where his artists included Roots Manuva, MF DOOM, Kate Tempest, and Diplo.