Hip Hop around the World
An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]
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Hip Hop around the World
An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]
About This Book
This set covers all aspects of international hip hop as expressed through music, art, fashion, dance, and political activity. Hip hop music has gone from being a marginalized genre in the late 1980s to the predominant style of music in America, the UK, Nigeria, South Africa, and other countries around the world. Hip Hop around the World includes more than 450 entries on global hip hop culture as it includes music, art, fashion, dance, social and cultural movements, organizations, and styles of hip hop. Virtually every country is represented in the text. Most of the entries focus on music styles and notable musicians and are unique in that they discuss the sound of various hip hop styles and musical artists' lyrical content, vocal delivery, vocal ranges, and more. Many additional entries deal with dance styles, such as breakdancing or b-boying/b-girling, popping/locking, clowning, and krumping, and cultural movements, such as black nationalism, Nation of Islam, Five Percent Nation, and Universal Zulu Nation. Country entries take into account politics, history, language, authenticity, and personal and community identification. Special care is taken to draw relationships between people and entities such as mentor-apprentice, producer-musician, and more.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Entries
- Guide to Related Topics
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chronology
- Entries
- Appendix 1. Frequently Mentioned Hip Hop Artists
- Appendix 2. The 100 Most Influential Global Hip Hop Record Labels
- Appendix 3. Editor-Recommended Top Hip Hop Music Videos Worldwide
- Appendix 4. Hip Hop Films and Documentaries
- Appendix 5. Countries with Severely Restricted Underground Activity
- Glossary
- Selected Bibliography
- Index