Collective Participation and Audience Engagement in Rap Music

by David Diallo

Why do rap MCs present their studio recorded lyrics as "live and direct"? Why do they so insistently define abilities or actions, theirs or someone else's, against a pre-existing signifier? This book examines the compositional practice of rap lyricists and offers compelling answers to these questions. Through a 40 year-span analysis of the music, it argues that whether through the privileging of chanted call-and-response phrases or through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030253767
• ISBN13: 9783030253769
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"