The 'Hood Comes First: Race, Space, and Place in Rap and Hip-Hop

by Murray Forman

Book Overview

Examines the significance of the 'hood in rap and hip hop

The 'Hood Comes First looks at the increasingly specific emphasis on real neighborhoods and streets in rap music and hip hop culture as an urgent response to the cultural and geographical ghettoization of black urban communities. Examining rap music, along with ancillary hip hop media including radio, music videos, rap press and the cinematic 'hood genre, Murray Forman analyzes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819563978
• ISBN13: 9780819563972
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up