Incognegro Album
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
This text presents a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on popular music, from the early 20th century to the present day.
Ludacris
Author: Joanne Mattern
language: en
Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Release Date: 2012-09-30
He’s sold over 15 million albums, won Grammys and other awards, starred in popular movies and television shows, and brought the Dirty South style of hip-hop music to audiences far and wide. Chris Bridges grew up loving hip-hop and house parties, but it wasn’t until he changed his name to Ludacris that he found fame and recognition all over the world. He found controversy along the way as well, but he never let anything stand in the way of his dreams. Bridges is also a serious actor who has starred in some of the most critically acclaimed movies of the early 2000s. Meet the man who brings his special gifts to two different worlds in this biography of Ludacris, rap star and actor.
Hip Hop around the World
Author: Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith
language: en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date: 2018-12-01
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.