Feud: The Birth, Growth, and Fall of Gangsta Rap Contributor(s): Jennifer, Warner (Author) |
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ISBN: 1629174483 ISBN-13: 9781629174488 Publisher: Golgotha Press OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts - Music | History & Criticism - General |
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.25 lbs) 82 pages |
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Publisher Description: Back in the 1970s on the poverty stricken streets of the Bronx, New York, amongst the African-American community there was a rise in the popularity of the 'block party'. People like the Ghetto Brothers would plug their amps between the lamp posts. These parties would often have a DJ playing soul or funk music, where the percussive 'break' in the songs would be isolated, a common feature of Jamaican dub music and a technique introduced by the Caribbean immigrants in the area, including DJ Kool Herc, often credited as one of the founding fathers of hip hop, as well as Afrika Bambaataa and the music collective Zulu Nation. Coupled with the advent of cheaper, more accessible music editing and sampling equipment, there was an emergence of a new kind of sound and a vocal called rapping or 'emceeing'. |