DIGIRENT - To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic
William Jelani Cobb
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To the Break of William Jelani Cobb epub To the Break of William Jelani Cobb pdf download To the Break of William Jelani Cobb pdf file To the Break of William Jelani Cobb audiobook To the Break of William Jelani Cobb book review To the Break of William Jelani Cobb summary | #1184032 in Books | NYU Press | 2008-05-01 | 2008-05-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.02 x.48 x5.98l,.63 | File type: PDF | 200 pages | ||8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| Blues People For A New Generation!|By Kenneth Carroll|What William Jelani Cobb does with "To The Break of Dawn" is very similar to what the great writer/author and music critic Amiri Baraka did in 1963 with his earth shattering book, Blues People. Cobb's focus on the aesthetics in hip hop, as seen primarily through its lyrics, and its connection to the African American musical|From Publishers Weekly|Starred . Hip-hop "freestyle," according to Cobb, assistant professor of history at Spelman College, is an extension of "the dozens"—exchanging barbs using "the rapid-fire calculation of speed chess combined with the langu
2007 Arts Club of Washington’s National Award for Arts Writing - Finalist
With roots that stretch from West Africa through the black pulpit, hip-hop emerged in the streets of the South Bronx in the 1970s and has spread to the farthest corners of the earth. To the Break of Dawn uniquely examines this freestyle verbal artistry on its own terms. A kid from Queens who spent his youth at the epicenter of this new art form, music critic...
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