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Classic Material : the Hip-Hop Album Guide

2003

Beastie Bows: Check Your Head The Hip-Hop Album Guide 29 Riding the success of the single and video "Fight Muhammad, Sly Stone, and folk/blues guitarist for Your Right (To Party)," Licensed to III was the David Bromberg, Paul's Boutique set the standard first rap album to hit number one on the Billboard for turning a diverse batch of sounds into a cohe- Pop Charts, which is another way of saying i [...] Whereas the New School era from the mid- to late 1980s saw the proliferation of larger-than-life hip-hop (both in scope and attitude), the early '90s brought the focus inward, leading to a more introspective aesthetic that required a complementary musical shift. [...] But the shift was primarily in sound and tex- Diamond: Stunts, Blunts & Hip ture; these newer producers looked to the world of jazz, soul, and other rare groove Hop sources for inspiration, creating a more relaxed sonic attitude that aimed for the intimacy of the backroom lounge rather than the spectacle of the rock arena. [...] Dre has classic on relationship strife, "Looking at the Front unleashed scores of copycats upon pop music, Pete Door"; the take on social hypocrisy, "Peace Is Not Rock is the one most responsible for the legions of the Word to Play"; and the brilliant police brutality underground beat makers that have followed him, critique, "Just a Friendly Game of Baseball." As a acolytes to his particular aesth [...] Back in those days, everyone gonna drop the bomb on the Yacub crew/We're —even on the West Coast—thought he was the gonna drop the bomb on the caveman crew." But greatest rapper in the world.
sound recordings reviews rap (music) history and criticism discography

Authors

<![CDATA[Oliver Wang]]> <![CDATA[Wang]]>, <![CDATA[Dante Ross]]> <![CDATA[Ross]]>

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CaOOCEL
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
016.78242164/90266
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
ISBN
9781459307643 1550225618
LCCN
ML156..4.P6
LCCN Item number
H667 2003eb
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CaBNVSL
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CaOONL
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (175 p.)
Published in
Canada
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CaOOCEL
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)slc00204797 (OCoLC)752588814 (CaOOCEL)407806
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
Title proper/short title
Hip-hop album guide
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CaOONL

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